Patricia Johnson

I am practical, open-minded, creative, inquisitive, direct, warm, and believe developing humor and imagination is part of our healing journey. Working through an Emotionally Focused Therapy lens helps me address attachment issues, dysfunctional relational dances, while providing client with a therapeutic environment where as the expert in their own life they begin to trust themselves and others. I believe in walking with clients to develop trust in their own timing/pacing, dispel negative self-talk and lies they have wrongly adapted to, particularly when working through difficult emotions and behaviors created by trauma.

I work through an Emotionally Focused Therapy lens while addressing past and current trauma which points to dysfuntion and negative coping skills. This approach is terrifically effective for family/couples counseling, and can be used productively for iindividuals in order to improve both self-regard and relationshp with self and others.

Our first session is about building trust, seeing if we are a good fit, and asking for your story, in as little or as much as you want to disclose. Our first session will seek to create a safe, caring, and trusting environment where the client can feel they will be accepted and validated.