About Preston
Preston Johnson is a Licensed Professional Counselor with more than 16 years of clinical experience. He trained in psychology and community counseling and has worked across inpatient and outpatient settings. He uses straightforward, empathic care to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions.
His background includes work in acute care, K-12 school settings, and adult mental health programs. He has led both group and individual therapy focused on concerns such as self-esteem, grief, trauma, and addiction.
Background and approach
This variety shaped his practical approach to everyday problems. In sessions he aims to be calm, honest, and encouraging. He believes empathy and a touch of humor can help people feel understood and make change feel possible.
Conversations focus on clear steps clients can use between meetings. Preston draws on client-centered methods to follow each person’s pace. He also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify patterns that keep problems going.
Mindfulness skills and solution-focused tools are added when they fit a client’s needs. Many people come for help with relationships, parenting stress, career decisions, ADHD-related challenges, or coping after loss. He works to create a plan that targets practical goals and small, steady improvements.
Deciding to try counseling is a big step, and he emphasizes collaboration from the first session. Preston aims to be a supportive guide while clients build skills and make changes that matter to them.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Preston often uses client-centered therapy, which means sessions follow the client’s concerns and pace while the therapist offers empathy and support. This approach helps people who need a listening space to sort feelings and set personal goals.He also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, a hands-on method that looks at thoughts and behaviors that maintain stress or anxiety. CBT helps when someone wants clear strategies to change unhelpful thinking and habits, which is useful for depression, anxiety, and ADHD-related challenges.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Preston collaborates with clients to choose which methods fit their needs and goals. That can mean trying mindfulness exercises one week and solution-focused steps the next, adapting as progress is made.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is helpful for in-depth conversations and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat or text can suit brief check-ins, focused problem solving, or people who prefer typed communication. These options make it easier to fit counseling into work, school, or family commitments.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English