Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Depression
How Johanna works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Georgia
- Years in practice
- 13
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Johanna
Johanna Harris is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 13 years of practice in Georgia. She focuses on practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, depression, relationship issues, and anger. Her style is respectful and direct.
She aims to make the first step easier for anyone who is nervous about beginning therapy. She meets people where they are and adapts conversations to fit each person’s needs. Sessions focus on clear strategies to manage daily stress, cope with strong emotions, and reduce behaviors that cause harm.
Background and approach
Johanna also helps people navigate grief, identity questions related to LGBT issues, and career or life transitions. Her background includes years working with adults across a wide range of concerns, including trauma and abuse, sleep and eating struggles, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She brings steady, calm guidance to difficult moments and works to build practical routines that reduce overwhelm.
The goal is to create tools a person can use between sessions. Johanna tailors plans to individual goals rather than using a one-size-fits-all method. She explains options and helps choose approaches that fit each person's situation.
Conversations are collaborative and focused on what will make daily life feel more manageable. People who prefer clear steps and a compassionate, down-to-earth approach often find her helpful. She offers video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
What Johanna works with
Everything Johanna lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Johanna's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- HIV / AIDS
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Johanna uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on real-world changes. One common approach emphasizes learning emotion-regulation skills that help people notice triggers, slow down before reacting, and practice alternative responses. This work is useful for anger, anxiety, and intense stress.Another approach centers on developing practical behavior changes and routines. It helps people gradually replace habits that cause problems, manage addictions, improve sleep and eating patterns, and build small steps toward bigger goals. These methods are action-oriented and measurable.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Johanna will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or has not helped before. She uses that discussion to recommend approaches and adjusts plans over time so they fit the person's life and pace.
Online sessions offer flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a longer session is needed. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging can support short updates, skill practice between sessions, and people with busy schedules. These options make it easier to get help without rearranging a full day.
Questions people ask about Johanna
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, anger, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, and many related concerns listed in her profile.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her approach is practical and collaborative. Sessions focus on clear skills, routine changes, and problem-solving that fit everyday life.
How much experience does she have?
Johanna has 13 years of professional experience working with adults on a wide range of mental health and life challenges.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in the state of Georgia and practices from that location.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences.
How does payment or cost work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.