Amy Johnson, LICSW
Compassionate clinician who centers your story
Details
| Name | Amy Johnson |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LICSW |
| Based in | Massachusetts |
| Licensed in | Massachusetts |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 20 |
About Amy
Amy Johnson is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience in Massachusetts. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship struggles. Amy draws on practical methods aimed at making day-to-day life feel more manageable for people coping with big emotions and complex situations.
Her background includes work across a range of settings with clients who have faced trauma, dissociation, addictive behavior, and self-harm.
Background and approach
She has experience supporting people who also navigate grief, eating concerns, mood disorders, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. This breadth shapes a flexible approach to care. Amy centers the person’s own story in sessions.
She listens closely to what matters to each person and starts there. Rather than using one fixed method, she borrows from several approaches to fit the situation and the person’s goals. In practice she offers a mix of conversation, gentle challenge, and skill-building.
She helps people spot repetitive patterns, test new ways of relating, and make changes that are realistic for their daily lives. Sessions aim to be clear and practical so progress is noticeable between meetings. Many people come to Amy for help with parenting stress, attachment concerns, communication problems, shame and guilt, or problems tied to adoption and foster care.
She focuses on helping people build stronger connections to themselves and others while addressing immediate symptoms and longer-term patterns.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Family conflicts among the things Amy works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Amy among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Amy among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Amy among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Amy among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Amy among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Amy among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Amy among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Amy among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Amy directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Amy directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and attachment work online
Amy often draws on Narrative Therapy to help people separate themselves from difficult problems and rewrite parts of their story. That approach is useful when a person feels defined by a diagnosis, a past event, or repeating patterns. Attachment-Based Therapy is another common thread in her work and focuses on how early relationship experiences shape current reactions and closeness with others. It can help when trust, caregiving roles, or parent-child patterns feel stuck.Choosing an approach is part of the work together. Amy treats the selection as a conversation and adapts methods to match a person's goals, preferences, and the issues they bring. She invites collaboration so people can test what helps and change course when needed.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared exercises. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief updates, coaching between sessions, or for people who prefer writing. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to maintain steady momentum between meetings.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of problems does Amy help with?
Amy works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family concerns, addictions, grief, eating issues, anger, self-esteem problems, and bipolar mood challenges.
How would you describe her therapy style?
She listens closely to each person's story and combines conversation, gentle challenge, and skill practice. Sessions focus on making small, practical changes that fit daily life.
What is her professional background?
She has 20 years of experience and holds an MA and a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker credential, LICSW, practicing in Massachusetts.
Where is she based and licensed?
Her practice is located in Massachusetts, and she is licensed there as an LICSW.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. schedule with her?
International clients are not currently accepted at this time.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and scheduling work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select Start Therapy, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.
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