About Erin
Dr. Erin Johnson is a licensed psychologist practicing in California who focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. She aims to create a respectful, down-to-earth space where clients can talk through their concerns and find practical ways forward.
Her approach is collaborative and warm, with an emphasis on each person's strengths. Dr. Johnson uses straightforward skills to help people with worry, panic, low mood, and major life changes.
She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thinking and on mindfulness skills to reduce reactivity.
Background and approach
She also uses techniques from dialectical behavior approaches to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Her work often addresses relationship strain, parenting stress, career concerns, and issues tied to family of origin. Other areas she supports include caregiving stress, fertility-related distress, postpartum depression, and feelings of isolation or low self-esteem.
She understands that life events can feel overwhelming and helps people break problems into manageable steps. Dr. Johnson has eight years of professional experience and holds licensure as a South Carolina Psychologist 1125 and a California Psychologist 35730.
She meets clients in ways that fit their lives, helping them practice skills between sessions and track small changes over time. Her manner is compassionate without judgment, and she emphasizes collaboration when choosing goals and methods. If someone is ready to make a change, she offers guided support to help them move forward.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Dr. Johnson uses cognitive behavioral strategies to help people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. These skills are practical and often involve homework, which adapts well to video or text check-ins. She also draws on mindfulness therapy to teach present-moment awareness and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and panic symptoms.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match goals, preferences, and day-to-day needs. Clients may try different techniques and adjust the plan over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit varied schedules. Video works well for longer therapy sessions and guided practices. Phone sessions are a good alternative when bandwidth or camera use isn’t practical. Live chat or messaging can suit brief check-ins, quick skill coaching, or times when writing feels easier than talking. These options aim to make regular, consistent care more practical for busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina, California
- Languages
- English
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