- Years in practice
- 13
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- LGBT
About Johanna
Johanna Harris is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Georgia with 13 years of clinical experience. She focuses on clear, practical help for people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship struggles, and parenting concerns. Johanna aims to make the first steps into therapy feel manageable and respectful.
Her approach is straightforward and compassionate. She listens closely to each person's situation and tailors conversations and plans to what they actually need.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize practical strategies for daily life, coping skills, and clearer communication. Johanna also works with issues such as depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related concerns. She brings experience addressing ADHD, bipolar concerns, eating and sleeping problems, anger, and self-esteem struggles.
Additional focuses include multicultural issues, adoption and foster care matters, and geriatric aging challenges. She supports people navigating major life changes, career stress, compassion fatigue, and recovery from infidelity or jealousy. Johanna has experience with obsessive-compulsive patterns, phobias, personality concerns, and trauma tied to natural or human-caused disasters.
Her work with veteran and armed forces issues, HIV/AIDS, and other varied backgrounds reflects a broad clinical range. In sessions she combines listening with practical steps you can use between appointments. The plan is reviewed and adjusted as needed so goals stay realistic.
Many clients come for short-term coaching while others choose longer work depending on their needs. Johanna provides services in English and offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
What Johanna works with
Everything Johanna lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Johanna helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- HIV / AIDS
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Sessions
The practice uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on clear, goal-oriented work. One common approach emphasizes building coping skills for anxiety and stress through practical exercises and step-by-step techniques that can be used between sessions. This helps people reduce day-to-day symptoms and handle triggers more effectively.Another frequent method targets patterns that maintain mood or behavior problems, such as routines that feed depression or compulsive actions. In this work, conversations target specific habits and replace them with more helpful routines, which can improve sleep, eating, and impulse control.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has worked or not worked before. Together they will try methods and adjust the plan until it fits the client's needs.
Online therapy offers flexibility and practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help the work. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or someone needs a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day and keep a running conversation between sessions. These formats let licensed professionals provide continuous support while matching different schedules and comfort levels.
Questions people ask about Johanna
What kinds of concerns does she work with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and parenting challenges, among other concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is direct and caring, focusing on listening, practical strategies, and a treatment plan tailored to each person's needs.
How much experience does she have?
Johanna has 13 years of professional work experience as an LPC in Georgia.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She is licensed in Georgia and practices as an LPC, which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor.
Do sessions happen in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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