About Charlie
Charlie Johnson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 11 years of practice who helps people facing stress, anxiety, mood concerns, substance use, and parenting strain. He speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps families and individuals can use right away. He works with adults, children, and adolescents on problems that include trauma, ADHD, and difficulties at school or work.
He also supports people dealing with grief, relationship strain, sleep or eating issues, and the effects of chronic illness.
Background and approach
Charlie uses a mix of approaches to match a person’s needs. He frames goals clearly, teaches coping skills, and practices ways to change unhelpful behavior. Sessions often include straightforward exercises clients can try between meetings.
Before independent practice, he spent many years as a social worker in the public sector. That work included time with Drug Court, juvenile courts, and juvenile justice services, where he helped people manage legal and behavioral challenges. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a minor in Criminal Justice from Weber State University.
He completed a Master of Social Work in Forensic Social Work from the University of Utah and holds the LCSW credential. Charlie practices in Utah and conducts sessions in English. People come to him when they need steady support and clear tools for coping.
He focuses on helping clients build realistic plans and small habits that make daily life easier.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice their thoughts without fighting them and commit to actions that match their values. It can be helpful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the relationship between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to change patterns that cause distress. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating problems.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods in session, and adjust based on what fits the client's needs and preferences. That collaboration helps make sure techniques are useful and realistic for daily life.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face sessions when meeting in person is difficult. Phone sessions work well when a quieter space or lower bandwidth is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging provide shorter check-ins, quick skill practice, or a way to keep momentum between scheduled sessions. These options make it easier to use therapy around school, work, and family schedules while maintaining continuity of care.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Utah
- Languages
- English
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