Erika Johnson , LCSW

Erika Johnson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and a Licensed Clinician Addictions Counselor (LCAC) based in Indiana with 24 years of professional experience. She draws on a deep background in helping people manage stress and anxiety, navigate addictions, and address relationship concerns, self-esteem challenges, and depression. Erika works with individuals and couples, combining practical skills and compassionate support to help clients move toward greater motivation, confidence, and emotional balance.

Her practice emphasizes the client as the expert in their own life, and she helps people build on their existing strengths to overcome obstacles. Erika brings experience with a wide range of focus areas, including abandonment issues, aging and geriatric concerns, body image, caregiver stress, communication problems, domestic violence, drug and alcohol addiction, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, questions of life purpose, midlife transitions, mood and personality disorders, and non-monogamous relationship dynamics.

Erika values the courage it takes to seek change and frames therapy as a collaborative process. She aims to support each person through the early steps of healing and beyond, offering steady guidance as clients work toward more fulfilling and resilient lives.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Erika commonly draws on client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to guide her online work. Client-centered therapy focuses on building a respectful, nonjudgmental partnership where the client leads the pace of change and the therapist offers empathy and support - this approach helps with self-esteem, relationship concerns, and life transitions. CBT is a skills-oriented method that identifies unhelpful thoughts and patterns and teaches practical techniques to reduce anxiety, manage mood symptoms, and address addictive behaviors. She also integrates elements of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) when emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, or intense mood swings are present; DBT emphasizes skills for tolerating distress and improving relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Erika works collaboratively with each person to tailor methods to their goals, needs, and preferences. She reviews options together and adapts care as progress is made.

Online therapy with Erika is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, access support from home, and fit sessions into busy lives while working with licensed professionals and therapists who can adjust approaches as needed.