Karin Johnson, LMSW

How Karin’s Approaches Translate to Online Care

Attachment-based work looks at connection patterns and trust in relationships and helps people notice how those patterns affect feelings and behavior. This approach often helps with intimacy struggles, abandonment worries, and family of origin issues by focusing on building safer ways of relating.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches people to notice uncomfortable thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that match their values. It’s useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions when someone wants to act differently despite difficult emotions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and changing it through practical exercises. CBT is often used for anxiety, mood problems, and sleep or anger concerns where skills and behavior changes make a clear difference.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Karin will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then recommend methods that fit. She treats the process as collaborative and adjusts methods based on what helps most.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect: video calls for richer interaction, phone sessions for lower bandwidth, live chat for brief check-ins, and text messaging for ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue using tools and worksheets provided during sessions.