About Karl
Karl Johnson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan with 12 years of clinical work. He helps people who are facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, addiction, or tough life changes. His approach centers on practical steps people can use day to day.
He encourages small shifts that build stronger routines and clearer choices. Karl has worked with a wide range of concerns including depression, grief, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping struggles, parenting challenges, and career difficulties.
Background and approach
He also supports people navigating ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, chronic illness, and compassion fatigue. He describes therapy as a collaborative effort where the client guides the pace and focus. In sessions Karl blends methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Attachment-Based techniques.
He adapts tools to match each person's needs instead of using a single formula. Conversations aim to clarify values, reduce unhelpful patterns, and increase meaningful action. His style is straightforward and respectful.
He listens closely, offers feedback, and sets clear goals together with the client. That practical orientation often helps people make steady progress when life feels overwhelming. Karl wants newcomers to know that starting therapy takes courage.
He walks clients through small steps at first, then builds toward bigger changes as confidence grows. He works by phone, video, live chat, and text messaging to fit therapy into busy schedules.
Approaches for online work and collaborative change
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and take small actions toward those values even when uncomfortable feelings are present. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and motivation issues. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replacing them with more effective patterns; it is commonly used for anxiety, depression, sleep, and mood regulation. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current bonds and communication, and it can help with intimacy-related issues and relationship conflict.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and practical needs and together decide which methods to try first. Sessions can shift as progress is made and new priorities emerge, keeping the plan tailored to the client's experience.
Online therapy with Karl uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make sessions easier to fit into life. Video calls offer face-to-face conversation for deeper relational work. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or when a quicker check-in fits the schedule. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, written reflections, or ongoing support between sessions. These options give flexibility for people juggling work, family, or mobility concerns while still working toward meaningful change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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