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Karin Johnson, LMSW

Practical, compassionate therapy for everyday challenges

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About Karin

Karin Johnson is a licensed master social worker with 21 years of practice experience. She greets people with warmth and directness, and aims to make the first step toward help feel manageable. Karin focuses on practical steps people can take to feel steadier and more capable in daily life.

Her style is relaxed, interactive, and non-judgmental. Sessions often mix listening, gentle guidance, and straightforward tools. Karin uses simple exercises, worksheets, and conversation to build skills for handling stress, anxiety, relationship problems, grief, mood shifts, addiction concerns, and parenting strain.

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Background and approach

Karin draws from Somatic therapy along with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based ideas, client-centered listening, and cognitive-behavioral techniques. She looks for each person’s strengths and uses those strengths to set small, realistic goals. Work in sessions can include communication practice, boundary-setting, and coping strategies for anger or sleep problems.

Her background includes an undergraduate degree in social work from Arizona State University and a Master of Social Work from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Karin has worked across individual and group settings and brings two decades of hands-on experience to sessions.

People who do best with Karin tend to want practical support and a compassionate presence while they try new ways of coping. She offers resources to use between meetings and helps clients track progress toward clearer relationships, steadier moods, and more effective day-to-day coping.

How Karin’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy

Somatic work focuses on how the body holds stress and emotion, using gentle awareness and simple movement or grounding to help people feel more present and calm. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that match their values. Attachment-based ideas look at how early connections affect current relationships and help people build safer, clearer patterns of relating.

Finding the best method is a collaborative process. Karin will talk with each person about goals and preferences and will adapt techniques as trust grows. The therapist and client decide together whether to emphasize body-based exercises, values work, or relationship-focused skills in online sessions.

Online therapy offers flexibility for people juggling work, caregiving, or health limits. Video calls let therapists see body cues and guide grounding exercises, while phone sessions work when video is hard. Live chat and text-based messaging provide brief check-ins, skill reminders, and ongoing support between live meetings. These options make it easier to keep momentum and practice new skills in daily life.
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Frequently asked questions

What concerns can Karin address?
She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar moods, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy and relationship challenges, parenting strain, ADHD, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is warm, relaxed, and interactive. Sessions mix listening with practical tools, worksheets, and goal-setting to build skills people can use between meetings.
What kind of experience does she bring?
She has 21 years of clinical experience working in individual and group settings and has supported people through mood, relationship, and trauma-related concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the license MI LMSW 6801064386 and is located in Michigan.
Which languages are supported and can international clients connect?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
In what formats are sessions available?
Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are delivered through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience
21 years
Licensed
Michigan
Languages
English