Melissa Johnson

Melissa is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (CA LCSW #130126) who is passionate about helping individuals find better alignment with their values to create a life worth living. Melissa has experience working with trauma (she is trained in EMDR), substance use, anxiety, depression and life transitions. Melissa has worked in the outpatient, intensive outpatient and residential settings since becoming a social worker in 2020. Melissa employs an individualized, eclectic approach including interventions from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to meet the needs of each client. Melissa is passionate about social justice and uses a systems approach that views individual clients in the context of interconnected systems like family, community and society.

A typical fist session would include a thorough assessment and collaborative treatment planning. Subsequent sessions will focus on working toward your personal therapeutic goals.

I am interested in learning about you! I use an eclectic, collaborative approach to meet the needs of each client. Each person is an individual, and therapy is not a one size fits all. I always tell clients they are in the driver's seat, and it is important to me to respect my clients' goals, preferences and their preferred pace.