Johanna Westin

Johanna Westin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 15 years of experience as a therapist. She greets each person with a calm, down-to-earth approach and aims to make the first step feel manageable for worried parents and individuals. Johanna focuses on helping people handle stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and relationship and family concerns.

She has worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings and has provided individual, family and group therapy. That range of experience means she has seen many ways people cope and recover after hard events. Johanna uses practical talking, skill-building, and emotional support to help people move forward.

Her style is relaxed and collaborative. She starts by listening to what matters most to the person and then works from there. Johanna emphasizes building a trusting relationship as the foundation for change and supports people as they set and reach real goals.

In sessions she helps clients manage panic, grief, anger, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and life transitions. She also addresses specific concerns such as blended family issues, communication problems, guilt and shame, post-traumatic stress, and sexual assault and abuse.

Johanna integrates Trauma-Focused Therapy with client-centered techniques and behavior-focused tools. She wants people to feel respected and accepted while learning steps they can use between sessions. If someone prefers a straightforward, steady approach, she aims to provide that kind of care.

How Trauma-Focused Work Translates to Online Therapy

Trauma-Focused Therapy focuses on gently addressing traumatic memories and their effects. It often combines careful processing with coping skills to reduce distress and improve daily functioning, useful for people with post-traumatic stress or histories of sexual assault and abuse.

Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's own goals and choices. The therapist listens, reflects, and helps people name what matters so sessions follow the client's pace and priorities.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behavior. It teaches concrete skills for managing anxiety, panic, depression, and unhelpful thinking patterns.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their history, current needs, and what feels manageable, then recommend ways to proceed and adjust as progress is made.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow more consistent check-ins. Because this profile does not list specific session formats, confirm current options before booking to learn whether video, phone, or other formats are offered. The therapist will help match the approach and format to the client's goals and everyday routines.