About Debbie
Debbie Johnson is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and major life changes. She brings nine years of experience and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Her approach aims to make therapy feel approachable for someone juggling parenting, work, or everyday demands.
She uses straightforward, person-centered work to understand what matters most to each client. Sessions often include goal-setting and problem-solving so people can leave with clear next steps.
Background and approach
She also uses tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot thought patterns that keep stress and low mood going. Motivational interviewing is part of her toolbox when people want to change habits, including addiction-related behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are offered to help with emotional regulation and handling intense feelings.
Solution-focused methods keep conversations practical and forward-looking, especially around career and parenting concerns. Debbie emphasizes respect for each person's values while helping them build coping skills. She supports work on forgiveness, guilt, and shame as part of that process when those issues come up.
Her style is calm, direct, and collaborative, aimed at helping people find what works for them. Sessions are available through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. She works with adults in Tennessee and conducts therapy in English.
Practical approaches for online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's own goals and values and involves active listening and empathy to help people find their own solutions. It suits those who want a supportive, non-directive space to sort through feelings and choices.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete techniques to shift unhelpful thinking and reduce anxiety or low mood. It works well for stress, anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.
Debbie will work together with each person to choose or blend approaches that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Figuring out the best method is part of the process and she adapts the plan as progress is made or goals change.
Online therapy offers flexible options to fit busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that matters most. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth or mobility is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or to have shorter, focused conversations during a break at work. These formats make it simpler to keep continuity of care and to fit therapy into a changing schedule.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English