Mary Johnston is a Licensed Professional Counselor who works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, and related concerns.
01About Mary
Mary Johnston is a Licensed Professional Counselor who works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, and related concerns. She keeps the room straightforward and practical. Her style feels warm and nonjudgmental.
She focuses on keeping therapy useful and goal-oriented. With a decade of counseling experience in Tennessee, she has worked across a range of treatment settings. That background includes work with substance use issues, post-traumatic stress, mood concerns such as bipolar disorder, and challenges like anger and low self-esteem.
Background and approach
She is familiar with blended family dynamics, parenting strain, and the guilt and shame that can follow difficult events. Mary uses client-centered methods to build a respectful working relationship. She brings cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice patterns of thinking and try different responses.
Solution-focused work helps set clear goals and notice small changes that matter. Sessions typically move at the client’s pace. Conversations emphasize practical steps people can take between meetings.
Mary often combines short exercises, real-life practice, and reflective talk so progress is steady and measurable. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
Therapy conversations are in English and conducted from Tennessee.
02Credentials
- LPC (Tennessee)
- License 3828 · expires December 2026
- NPI
- 1053728410 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Mary lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Guilt and shame
- Post-traumatic stress
Methods Mary names
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04Online support
How her approaches fit online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on building a respectful, accepting relationship. The therapist listens closely and follows each person’s lead to help them feel heard and understood. This approach is helpful for people who want a supportive space to sort through difficult feelings and make choices.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions link together. It uses short exercises and practical experiments to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often useful for anxiety, depression, and behavior change such as reducing substance use.
Solution-Focused Therapy aims at small, achievable steps toward clear goals. Sessions often identify what’s already working and build on those strengths to create quick momentum.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and try methods that fit their needs. Together they check what helps and adjust the work as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful when visual cues matter, while phone calls need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick check-ins, shorter exchanges, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make scheduling more flexible and help therapy fit into busy lives.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns can Mary help with?
She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma and abuse, relationship and family difficulties, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and related issues like guilt and shame.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her work is nonjudgmental and client-centered. She combines empathic listening with practical tools from cognitive behavioral and solution-focused approaches.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has about 10 years of counseling experience in a variety of treatment settings, including work with substance use, PTSD, and mood disorders.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with her Tennessee LPC credential and practices from Tennessee.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Mary provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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