About Thomas
Thomas Johnson is a licensed independent clinical social worker with deep experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and ADHD. He draws on a long career in mental health to offer steady, practical support for everyday struggles. His approach centers on listening first and then building straightforward plans that fit each person’s life.
He began his social work career after graduating from the University of Alabama School of Social Work in 1973.
Background and approach
Early work in a psychiatric in-patient facility gave him hands-on experience with serious mental health issues. In 1977 he moved to the Department of Veterans Affairs and spent decades providing outpatient assessment and counseling. Over the years he provided both individual and group counseling to thousands of veterans, including people with combat and non-combat concerns.
That experience shaped his skills in addressing trauma, post-traumatic stress, addiction, and mood disorders. He also helps with relationship and family problems, grief, anger, and career-related stress. In sessions he uses practical, goal-focused techniques such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy.
He emphasizes collaboration, asking for the client’s input about what works best and adjusting methods when needed. Expect clear explanations and tools you can try between sessions. He practices in Alabama and offers multiple formats for remote work.
If someone wants to explore working together, he suggests a short initial conversation to see if his style and the person’s needs are a good match.
Approaches you can use in online sessions
Thomas Johnson commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy in his work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical exercises to reduce anxiety, depression, and mood symptoms. Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes small, achievable steps and builds on what is already working to move toward specific goals.He also draws on Motivational Interviewing when people are ambivalent about change. This method uses guided questions to clarify values and strengthen motivation for steps like reducing substance use or improving routines.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. He works together with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying things, checking what helps, and adjusting along the way so sessions feel useful and directed toward real-life progress.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions can be a better fit when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is preferred. Live chat and text messaging suit quick updates, brief problem-solving, or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family, and other responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 51 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English
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