About Stacy
Dr. Stacy Johnston is a California psychologist with 32 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, and low self-esteem. She focuses on practical steps that fit into busy lives and supports people looking for clearer communication and more stable moods.
She uses a listening-first approach that treats each person as the expert on their own life. Conversations center on what the client wants to change and what has already worked.
Background and approach
This makes goals feel realistic and reachable rather than overwhelming. Dr. Johnston often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.
She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy to keep sessions grounded in empathy and respect. Solution-Focused Therapy is used to build short-term, doable plans that move clients toward their goals. Her work covers a wide range of concerns including family problems, attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, communication problems, and challenges after separation or infidelity.
She also supports people struggling with guilt, shame, emptiness, impulsivity, and control or dependent personality patterns. Dr. Johnston offers several online session formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
She describes text messaging as a flexible option for people who prefer writing or need more frequent, on-the-go contact between live sessions.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding. The therapist offers empathy and reflection so people can find their own solutions, which helps with issues like low self-esteem and relationship concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people spot thoughts and behaviors that contribute to anxiety and stress. It uses clear exercises and small homework tasks to change patterns and relieve symptoms over time.
Solution-Focused Therapy centers on short-term goals and practical steps. It is useful when someone wants quick ways to move forward from a stuck place, such as after a breakup or during family conflict.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will review goals, preferences, and how a person responds to different techniques. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan over time.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quick check-ins, and text messaging offers flexibility without scheduling. These options let people keep momentum between sessions and choose the format that best fits daily routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 32 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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