About Elsie
Elsie Johnson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with ten years of experience. She aims to make the decision to seek help feel manageable and respectful of how big a step it can be for someone to reach out. She believes people carry stories that shape their choices and feelings.
In sessions she listens first, then helps clients name what matters most and set small, clear goals.
Background and approach
Her style mixes challenge and support, and she uses humor when it helps lighten a heavy moment. Elsie draws on solution-focused methods and cognitive behavioral techniques to find strategies that fit each person. She works with practical concerns like stress, anxiety, grief, and coping with life changes.
She also addresses relationship problems, self-esteem, compassion fatigue, addictions, and career questions. Her practice includes attention to multicultural concerns, communication problems, forgiveness, pregnancy and childbirth, and prejudice and discrimination. She also offers work around parenting, eating issues, trauma and abuse, and coaching for goal-focused progress.
Sessions tend to focus on immediate steps someone can try between meetings, and on building strengths that make those steps easier. She helps people translate insight into action and supports realistic, gradual change.
How Elsie’s Approaches Work Online
Elsie uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice patterns between thoughts, feelings, and actions and then test small behavior changes to see what helps. This approach is often useful for anxiety, depression, and coping skills work.She also incorporates Motivational Interviewing to help people resolve mixed feelings and strengthen their own motivation for change. That method focuses on values and personal goals and can support work with addictions, health behavior, and life transitions.
Deciding on an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client talk about goals, try methods, and adjust based on what feels most useful. The focus is on practical steps clients can take and on choosing strategies that match the client's pace and preferences.
Online sessions offer flexibility and easier scheduling. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can fit a short break or low-bandwidth needs, and live chat or text messaging work well for brief check-ins or ongoing support between longer meetings. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent while balancing everyday life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English