About Johanna
Johanna Lea is a licensed clinical social worker with 11 years of experience. She helps people manage anxiety, stress, grief, mood changes, and challenges related to ADHD. Her tone in sessions is practical and straightforward, aimed at people who want tools they can use right away.
She uses conversations that focus on the person's goals and strengths. Sessions often include problem-solving, skill practice, and short-term plans to manage difficult feelings.
Background and approach
Johanna blends client-centered work with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to help people change unhelpful patterns. Her background includes a broad range of practice across the lifespan, with recent emphasis on working with older adults and women. That experience informs how she shapes treatment plans and sets realistic goals.
She pays attention to daily routines, sleep, eating, and relationships when those areas affect mood and functioning. Johanna also incorporates mindfulness and motivational interviewing to support readiness for change and develop coping skills. In practice this looks like learning ways to notice thoughts, try small behavior experiments, and build lasting habits that reduce stress.
She aims for clear steps a person can try between sessions. People who choose Johanna can expect a down-to-earth approach that focuses on what helps now and what builds toward longer term stability. She works collaboratively to set priorities and measure progress over time.
Practical approaches for online therapy and skills work
Johanna draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to guide online work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and improve mood. DBT adds skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, useful for people who struggle with strong mood swings or relationship stress.She also uses client-centered methods to keep the work grounded in each person’s goals. Finding the right mix of approaches is collaborative - Johanna will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust plans based on what helps most over time.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video is often best for deeper therapeutic work and skill coaching, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can support quick check-ins or brief coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep consistent progress.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English
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