Alexis Johnson, LMSW

Alexis Johnson is a licensed social worker with 14 years of experience helping people navigate major life changes and emotional challenges. She offers a calm, practical approach that focuses on building coping skills and clearer self-understanding. Alexis aims to make therapy feel straightforward and manageable for people under stress.

Her work often centers on stress, anxiety, addictions, anger, and low self-esteem. She also helps with grief, sleep troubles, career shifts, and relationship or intimacy-related issues. Additional focuses include communication problems, divorce and separation, drug and alcohol addiction, forgiveness, infidelity, jealousy, midlife crisis, veteran and armed forces issues, self-love, and social anxiety and phobia.

Alexis blends several approaches rather than relying on a single method. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and move toward what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused techniques support practical change and short-term goal work.

Sessions are collaborative and paced to match each person’s needs. She emphasizes working together to set realistic goals and develop strategies you can use between sessions. The tone is direct but compassionate, with an eye toward day-to-day improvements.

Alexis practices in Michigan and conducts therapy in English. She welcomes people from diverse backgrounds and aims to offer respectful, nonjudgmental support as clients work through change.

How these approaches shape online therapy

A few of the therapist's core methods are described here to help you know what to expect. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying personal values and taking actions that match those values even when difficult feelings are present. This can help with anxiety, stress, and life transitions by pointing toward meaningful steps forward.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It uses practical exercises to challenge unhelpful thinking and build new habits, which is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and motivation problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Treatment plans are adapted over time so techniques match changing needs.

Confirm session formats before booking because specific online or in-person options are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and use shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people practice skills in their usual routines and bring real-life situations into sessions for troubleshooting.