Therapist profile
Anna Johnson, LPC
Texas
Licensed Professional Counselor - Anger and Trauma
Continue with AnnaKey details
- CredentialsLPC
- LicenseLPC, Texas / 90804; LPC, Arkansas / P2510035
- NPI1700546017
- Experience4 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationTexas
About
- anger management
- trauma support
- stress reduction
About Anna
Anna Johnson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with four years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, anger, and depression. Anna approaches sessions as practical conversations about what is happening now and what feels most urgent for the client.
She talks through how everyday pressures build up and create reactions that are hard to control. Sessions tend to look at triggers, patterns, and quick skills people can use between meetings. Anna also addresses related areas such as attachment, abandonment, caregiver stress, and communication problems when they come up.
Her work includes attention to issues that follow trauma, including post-traumatic stress and self-harm thoughts, and she supports people coping with first responder stresses or disaster-related strain. Anna is comfortable discussing concerns tied to adoption and foster care, autism and Asperger syndrome, body image, guilt, shame, and impulsivity.
She keeps language plain and actions simple in session. Clients can expect direct conversation about what changes might help and small experiments to try outside appointments. Anna values straightforward feedback and checks in about whether an approach feels helpful.
Sessions are conducted in English and follow Texas LPC guidelines. People who want to begin are invited to use the site's scheduling flow to complete a short matching questionnaire and set a first session.
How sessions work
How evidence-based approaches translate to online work
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques often used for anger and trauma include skills-based coping work and trauma-focused strategies. Skills-based coping work teaches practical tools for noticing triggers, slowing down reactions, and trying small behavior changes between sessions. It helps with daily irritability, workplace frustration, and snapping at people at home.Trauma-focused strategies involve carefully reviewing past stressful experiences and learning ways to reduce their hold on current reactions. Those methods help when anger is linked to past abuse, abandonment, or post-traumatic stress symptoms. Both approaches aim to make reactions feel more manageable rather than promising quick fixes.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options, test what fits, and adjust based on the client's needs, goals, and preferences. That makes the process collaborative and practical rather than one-size-fits-all.
The biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so confirm the available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. They can also let someone choose whether to be on camera or not, which helps match the session to how a person wants to engage.
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Experience
4+ years
Listed in
Texas, Arkansas
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of anger issues does she address?
She works with people who snap at loved ones, hold growing resentment, or feel overwhelmed by someone else’s anger. Anger is listed alongside related concerns such as stress, anxiety, trauma, and depression.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is direct and practical with an emphasis on clear conversation. She focuses on identifying triggers, patterns, and small skills clients can use between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has four years of experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor. That experience includes work with trauma, caregiver stress, and communication issues.
Where is she licensed to practice?
She holds LPC credentials in Arkansas and Texas, and her practice location is Texas.
Can I work with her in another language or from another country?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
The original biography does not list session formats. Please confirm current session options on the booking page before scheduling.
How are sessions charged?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact fees depend on where the client is located.
What do I do to begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the site.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.