About Johnnie
Johnnie Gordon is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and changes that feel overwhelming. He also supports people dealing with relationship and intimacy concerns, addiction, and mood struggles.
He takes a straightforward, respectful approach in sessions. Conversations are guided by what each person needs most. He listens first and then helps people try practical skills for coping and clearer thinking.
Background and approach
Johnnie uses tools from several evidence-informed methods to match the situation. He mixes techniques to help with unwanted thoughts, painful memories, and patterns that repeat in relationships. The work often includes noticing feelings, practicing new responses, and setting goals that feel meaningful.
He draws on four years of clinical practice and ongoing doctoral study in psychology to shape his work. That background influences how he tracks progress and adjusts plans over time. Sessions aim to build skills people can use outside therapy, not just talk about problems in the room.
People can expect a calm, nonjudgmental tone and direct guidance when needed. The focus is on concrete steps toward better daily functioning and emotional balance. Johnnie acknowledges that starting therapy is hard and aims to make the process clear and manageable.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Johnnie commonly draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to guide online work. ACT focuses on helping people accept difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that match their values, which can help with anxiety, avoidance, and life transitions. CBT targets unhelpful thought patterns and teaches practical skills to change behaviors and moods, useful for depression, worry, and stress.He also uses Attachment-Based ideas when relationship patterns or early bonds are part of the concern. That work looks at how past ways of relating show up now and tries new interactional habits to reduce repeated hurt and improve connection.
Choosing the right approach happens together. The therapist will ask about the problem, goals, and preferences, then suggest techniques to try. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most, so clients are active partners in deciding what feels useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make therapy more flexible. Video is good for conversation and visual cues, phone calls work when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging suit quick check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options let people fit therapy into work breaks, travel, or busy days while keeping continuity of care with licensed professionals.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
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