- Years in practice
- 21
- Credentials
- LMSW
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Karin
Karin Johnson is a licensed master social worker with 21 years of clinical experience. She welcomes people who are ready to make a change and offers a calm, interactive style that aims to put clients at ease. Karin works from Michigan and speaks English.
Karin combines practical skills with a warm, empathic way of working. Sessions tend to focus on building concrete tools for everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, sleep problems, or relationship tensions.
Background and approach
She uses worksheets and short exercises to help people practice between sessions. Her approach draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to shift unhelpful thinking and on acceptance-based methods to find balance with difficult feelings. Attachment-informed thinking helps when relationships and family patterns are part of the challenge.
Karin also uses mindfulness strategies to strengthen coping in the moment. She often sets practical goals with clients and works step by step toward them. That can include improving communication, naming healthy boundaries, and creating routines that support better sleep and mood.
Karin places emphasis on identifying strengths and small changes that add up over time. Karin has supported people facing a wide range of concerns including parenting, grief, trauma, addiction, mood conditions, ADHD, caregiver stress, and life transitions. She offers tools for managing anger, low self-esteem, and work-related stress while helping clients clarify values and next steps.
People who prefer a collaborative, down-to-earth therapist may find her style helpful. Karin provides practical resources and follows a problem-solving rhythm that fits busy lives and real-world demands.
What Karin works with
Everything Karin lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Karin helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Karin lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that align with their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and decisions about parenting or work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing thinking and behavior patterns that keep problems going, which is helpful for sleep issues, mood changes, and stress management.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and try methods that fit each person's needs. Over a few sessions the plan can be adjusted based on what feels most useful for daily life and relationships.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls work well for deeper conversations and exercises that use worksheets. Phone sessions are an alternative when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for shorter check-ins, coaching-style support, and quick skill practice between longer sessions. These options let people fit therapy into busy schedules and maintain momentum between meetings.
Questions people ask about Karin
What concerns does Karin commonly address?
She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting issues, relationship and intimacy problems, sleep troubles, anger, low self-esteem, ADHD, and career or life changes.
How would you describe the therapy style and approach?
The approach is warm, empathic, and interactive. Karin uses practical exercises, worksheets, and a mix of cognitive and acceptance-based methods to build everyday coping skills.
What is Karin's background and experience?
She holds a Master of Social Work and brings 21 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns and life stages.
Where is Karin licensed and based?
She practices as an MI LMSW and is located in Michigan.
Can sessions be conducted in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English, and she also accepts international clients for remote work.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How is payment handled and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Karin?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
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