About Sabrina
Sabrina Johnson is a licensed professional counselor in Virginia with seven years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar concerns, trauma and abuse, and anger. Her approach begins with listening closely and treating each person with respect and sensitivity.
Sabrina keeps therapy practical and direct. She tailors conversations and goals to what matters most to the individual. Sessions focus on real-world steps people can try between meetings.
Background and approach
The emphasis is on building skills, reducing overwhelming feelings, and restoring daily functioning. She also helps people address problems with communication, shame and guilt, isolation and loneliness, and questions about life purpose and self-love. Social anxiety and phobias are included among her focus areas.
Work in these areas often blends short-term strategies with moments to reflect on deeper patterns. Sabrina uses client-centered methods alongside cognitive behavioral tools and dialectical behavior techniques. That mix lets her balance empathic listening with concrete skill teaching.
Clients leave with practical coping strategies and a clearer plan for change. She invites people to take gradual steps toward their goals and supports them through setbacks. The process is collaborative: goals are set together and adjusted as needed.
Her aim is to help clients find steadier days and more manageable ways to handle stress and difficult emotions.
How Sabrina’s Approaches Work Online
Sabrina uses client-centered therapy to build a respectful, understanding space where people lead the conversation and set priorities. This approach helps when someone needs a nonjudgmental listener and clearer direction about what matters most.She also applies cognitive behavioral therapy, which breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT offers practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical behavior therapy adds skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving relationships when feelings feel intense or overwhelming.
Deciding which approach to use is a team effort. The therapist learns about the client's goals, daily routines, and what has or hasn't worked before. Together they try methods and adjust the plan based on what helps most, so the work stays relevant and manageable.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let you talk face to face; phone sessions work well if bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, skill practice, and notes between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep progress moving forward.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English