Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
How Karin works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMSW
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Years in practice
- 21
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Karin
Karin Johnson is a licensed master social worker with 21 years of experience. She trained in social work at Arizona State University and earned a Master of Social Work from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Karin greets people with a warm, empathic manner and aims to make the first step feel manageable.
Karin’s counseling style is relaxed and interactive. She listens without judgment and helps people set practical goals.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on building skills that change thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in everyday life. Her work often centers on stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, trauma and abuse, and relationship issues. She also supports people dealing with grief, sleep problems, career transitions, parenting strain, and attention-related concerns.
Karin brings an interest in attachment, abandonment, and family-of-origin issues to her practice. Her approach blends cognitive behavioral tools with acceptance and mindfulness practices. She uses attachment-based ideas and client-centered techniques to strengthen relationships and emotional regulation.
Dialectical behavior therapy skills are woven in when people need guidance on distress tolerance and emotional balance. Karin uses worksheets, resources, and homework to help people practice between sessions. She focuses on strengths and measurable steps people can take right away.
The aim is to build confidence and clearer communication that improves daily life. People who want a supportive, down-to-earth counselor often find her approachable. She welcomes international clients and conducts sessions from Michigan in English.
What Karin works with
Everything Karin lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Karin's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Karin lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Karin's approaches translate to online work
Karin uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors, which helps with anxiety, depression, anger, and sleep issues. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) appears in her work through mindfulness and values-based actions that help people tolerate difficult feelings while moving toward what matters to them.She also integrates attachment-based ideas to help people understand relationship patterns and improve communication. These approaches are explained in simple terms and applied together so the client and therapist can pick what fits best. Finding the right mix is a collaborative process; Karin will help you decide which methods match your goals and preferences as therapy unfolds.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for fuller conversation and exercises that use worksheets. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief coaching, check-ins, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and can help therapy fit into work, caregiving, or travel routines.
Questions people ask about Karin
What concerns does Karin commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, trauma and abuse, relationship and family issues, grief, sleep problems, parenting strain, ADHD, and related concerns.
What is Karin's therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm, empathic, and non-judgmental. She keeps sessions relaxed and interactive while focusing on practical skills and goal setting.
How long has she practiced?
Karin has 21 years of experience in social work and counseling across a range of settings and client concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds an MI LMSW, a Master of Social Work from the University of Michigan, and practices from Michigan.
Which languages and international arrangements are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Clients can meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are sessions billed or priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Karin?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on therapist availability.