Allison Johnston, LPC

Allison Johnston is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan who helps people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. She focuses on building a strong working relationship so people can talk openly and start finding workable solutions. Her approach is practical and straightforward, aimed at helping clients gain confidence and clearer thinking. Allison has about 10 years of counseling experience that include work with adolescents and young adults in outpatient settings and people involved with the criminal justice system. Her background also covers corrections, substance abuse, career counseling, and child and adolescent care. That variety helps her tailor conversations to each person's situation. In sessions she uses client-centered methods alongside cognitive behavioral techniques to help people spot unhelpful thinking and try different ways of responding. She also draws on mindfulness and narrative approaches to help clients notice patterns and rewrite stories that no longer serve them. EMDR is listed among her approaches and may be part of work when appropriate. Allison often supports people facing parenting strain, caregiver stress, chronic illness or pain, adoption and foster care questions, and issues around identity and relationships. She also works with concerns like sleep problems, addiction, ADHD, trauma, and compassion fatigue. Her style is collaborative and nonjudgmental, with attention to practical problem solving. Taking the first step can feel hard, and Allison aims to make the process clear and manageable. She encourages people to bring their real-life worries, and she helps them build tools they can use between sessions.

How Allison’s Approaches Work Online

Client-centered therapy focuses on the relationship and on listening closely to each person’s concerns. It helps people feel heard and shapes sessions around their goals rather than a fixed plan.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps people spot patterns in thinking and try different responses. It is often used for anxiety, depression, panic, and stress by teaching practical exercises to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.

EMDR is listed among Allison’s approaches and involves structured processing of distressing memories or images when it fits a person’s goals. It may be used for trauma-related symptoms alongside other methods.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Allison will work collaboratively to choose methods that match a person’s goals, needs, and preferences. She checks in and adjusts the plan as therapy progresses so the work stays relevant and manageable.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Some approaches translate well to remote sessions because they use conversation, skills practice, and homework that can be done between meetings.