About Johanna
Johanna Lopez is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 35 years of clinical experience. She listens closely and helps people sort through the worries that brought them to therapy. Her approach is practical and person-focused, and she aims to move at the pace each person prefers.
She draws on decades of work in schools, community programs, and in-home services. Early in her career she taught middle school and then transitioned to guidance counseling, where she supported students one-on-one.
Background and approach
She later provided in-home therapy for teens involved with the legal system and worked with programs that helped families manage child rearing and daily living skills. Lopez holds a master's degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. She also completed a Certificate of Completion from the University of Wisconsin–Madison focused on mental health and the older adult.
Her background brings both practical experience and continuing study to sessions. In sessions she uses a mix of methods to meet the goals a person sets. She describes her style as mostly listening, with gentle questions and reflections.
Many people come to her for help with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, parenting, grief, and attention differences such as ADHD. Clients can expect straightforward conversation about concrete steps to try between sessions. She encourages honesty and aims to avoid judgment.
If someone is ready to make changes, she offers steady support and guidance along the way.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and supporting a person to set their own goals. The therapist follows the client's lead, offers reflection, and helps people clarify what they want to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and gives clear tools to change patterns that cause distress. CBT can be helpful for anxiety, depression, stress, and some attention-related difficulties.Choosing an approach is a team effort. The therapist will collaborate with the client to find which methods make the most sense for their goals and situation. That may mean trying a few techniques, noting what helps, and adjusting the plan over time.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, so people can pick what works best for them. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when video is difficult, live chat can suit quick check-ins, and text messaging lets someone share thoughts between meetings. These options make it easier to fit care into busy schedules and different life demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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