- Years in practice
- 26
- Credentials
- MD, LCSW-C
- Licensed in
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Sherri
Sherri Johnson is a licensed clinician in Maryland with 26 years of professional experience. She holds an MD and is a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical (LCSW-C). She focuses on practical help for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and challenges around parenting and self-esteem.
Sherri uses straightforward conversation to learn what matters most to each person. She adapts sessions to the client’s needs and pace rather than following a rigid script.
Background and approach
Respect, sensitivity, and compassion guide her work in every meeting. Her background includes long experience supporting people after trauma and abuse, with addiction, and during major life changes like career shifts or grief. She also works with concerns such as ADHD, bipolar mood issues, and caregiving stress.
These areas often overlap, so she helps clients untangle what’s most urgent first. In session she mixes evidence-based tools with a client-centered stance. That means listening closely, offering skills people can use right away, and shaping goals together.
Mindfulness and skills from cognitive and dialectical approaches are commonly part of her work. Sherri aims to make therapy useful and approachable. She recognizes taking the first step takes courage and meets people where they are.
If someone wants support sorting parenting pressures, relationship patterns, or daytime stressors, she focuses on clear next steps and steady progress.
What Sherri works with
Everything Sherri lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Sherri helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sherri lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused 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.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Sherri commonly blends Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Attachment-based work looks at how early bonds influence current relationships and helps people shift patterns in close connections. Client-centered therapy centers on listening and meeting each person where they are, so goals and pacing come from the client. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and practicing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, manage mood, or improve daily functioning.Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. She will discuss goals, what has worked before, and personal preferences to shape a plan together. Clients and therapist check progress and adjust techniques over time so the work stays relevant and practical.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care fit into busy lives. Video calls let people see facial cues and try interactive exercises. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers audio only. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, skill practice, or when a shorter, flexible touchpoint is needed. These options aim to make therapy more accessible and easier to use around work, parenting, and day-to-day demands.
Questions people ask about Sherri
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps people with relationship issues, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, addictions, parenting strain, grief, self-esteem, and related life stresses.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is client-centered and practical. She listens closely, tailors sessions to each person, and teaches skills people can use day to day.
What is her professional background?
Sherri has 26 years of professional experience working with a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns, with long experience addressing trauma, caregiving stress, and motivation.
What are her credentials and location?
She holds an MD and is a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical (LCSW-C) practicing in Maryland.
Which languages are supported and is remote care available internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she offer?
She works via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different schedules and preferences.
How does cost and billing work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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