About Alyson
Alyson Johnson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Illinois with 12 years of practice. She focuses on helping people who feel stuck by teaming up with them to find practical ways forward. Her approach is straightforward and warm, aimed at turning small steps into real change.
She frames therapy as a collaborative effort and listens closely to what each person already knows about themselves. Sessions focus on building on existing strengths and breaking problems into manageable pieces.
Background and approach
Many people come for help with anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, and stress, and she uses clear tools to address those concerns. Alyson draws on a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy offers ways to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.
Motivational Interviewing helps people find personal reasons to change. Client-centered methods prioritize the person’s own goals and pace. Her background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Recreation and a Master’s degree in Social Work, which she blends into a practical, life-focused style.
She began supporting others early in life and carries that practical mindset into sessions today. People who prefer direct guidance and gentle encouragement often find her style helpful. She aims to help clients notice small improvements that add up over time.
The work is about making everyday life more manageable and more meaningful.
How Alyson’s Approaches Work Online
Alyson uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT often involves setting small experiments or practice tasks between sessions to build new habits and reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood.She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which centers on listening and following the person’s goals. This approach helps when someone needs to feel understood and to set their own priorities for change.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Alyson will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together they choose methods that fit the situation and adjust them over time so the work stays useful.
Online therapy offers a range of practical formats. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and shared visual cues. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions or use shorter, more frequent communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while using the same therapeutic methods as in traditional sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Utah
- Languages
- English