Roxane Johnson, MD, LCPC
Somatic-informed therapist with practical focus
About Roxane
Roxane Johnson is a licensed clinician in Maryland who focuses on somatic work alongside talk therapy. She brings 20 years of experience as a psychotherapist and life coach. Roxane aims to help people cope with trauma, anxiety, depression, and problems with relationships and intimacy.
Her style is warm and interactive. Sessions are respectful and direct, with attention to both feelings and bodily experience. She uses somatic methods to help people notice how stress and trauma show up in the body, then pairs that with practical talk-based tools.
Background and approach
She draws on client-centered listening so people feel heard. Cognitive-behavioral ideas are used to spot unhelpful thoughts and change small patterns. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused steps are added when people want clear goals and action plans.
Roxane has worked with a wide range of concerns including addictions, grief, mood disorders, ADHD, and post-traumatic stress. She also addresses issues like attachment, guilt and shame, body image, and family of origin problems. Her background supports work with multicultural concerns and compassion fatigue.
People who meet with Roxane usually focus on concrete change and greater ease in daily life. She meets clients where they are and adapts the conversation to each person. If someone wants to explore how emotions live in the body while learning new coping skills, Roxane offers a steady, practical approach.
How somatic and talk approaches work online
Somatic Therapy helps people notice how stress and trauma show up in their bodies and learn simple ways to shift physical tension. Online sessions can include gentle grounding exercises, breath work, and guidance to increase body awareness alongside conversation. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and empathy so people feel understood; this creates space to talk honestly about relationships, grief, or identity concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes to feel better in daily life.Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will work collaboratively to discover which combination of somatic awareness, supportive listening, and practical skill-building fits each person's needs and goals. Choices are revisited as work progresses so the plan stays useful and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options let people fit sessions into busy days, review techniques between meetings, and stay connected when travel or distance would otherwise interfere. Licensed professionals can guide both body-focused practices and structured talk therapy using these formats, allowing consistent progress from anywhere.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English