Tricia Johnson, LICSW

Tricia Johnson LICSW is licensed in Minnesota and has nine years of professional experience. She works with people facing family conflict, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, anger, and mood concerns. Her stated approach is to offer acceptance, kindness, and respect while helping clients reach practical goals.

Tricia uses several therapy methods to guide sessions. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients notice difficult thoughts and move toward valued actions. She uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at relationship patterns that affect stress and connection. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people change unhelpful thinking and behavior, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy supplies concrete skills for emotion regulation.

Her work includes common life problems such as stress, anxiety, grief, depression, low self-esteem, and coping with life changes. She also lists ADHD, parenting, abandonment issues, adoption and foster care concerns, caregiver stress, and blended family problems among areas she addresses. Tricia notes experience with attachment issues, body image, communication and control struggles, and a range of personality-related concerns.

Sessions focus on open conversation and practical steps. She aims to be accepting and to encourage clients toward the goals they set. Clients can expect collaborative discussion, skill practice, and planning between visits.

Background and approach details include nine years of practice across varied settings in Minnesota. Tricia emphasizes supporting people through difficult life moments and uses structured therapies when helpful. The emphasis is on clear, direct work to reduce distress and build coping skills.

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