Tricia Johnson, LICSW
Minnesota · 9 years in practice
Tricia Johnson is a licensed independent clinical social worker who centers sessions on thoughtful exploration of meaning and choices.
License and registration
- LICSW, Minnesota
- 22335 · expires May 2027
- NPI
- 1700375623 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 9
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Tricia
Tricia Johnson is a licensed independent clinical social worker who centers sessions on thoughtful exploration of meaning and choices. She brings an open, accepting presence and practical support to people facing hard moments. Tricia focuses on creating a calm space where concerns can be named and worked through.
With nine years of experience, she has helped people navigate trauma and abuse, family conflict, parenting strain, and anger. She also supports people dealing with anxiety, depression, grief, stress, and life transitions.
Background and approach
Attention differences such as ADHD and issues around self-esteem and body image are part of her regular caseload. Her work draws on Existential ideas about values and purpose alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy techniques to support action that matches personal values. Tricia uses Client-Centered and Cognitive Behavioral tools to help people notice patterns, test new behaviors, and build coping skills.
Attachment-Based perspectives guide conversations about relationships and trust. Sessions are practical and conversational. She offers time to talk things through, try small behavior changes, and reflect on what matters most.
Tricia encourages clear goals and gradual steps toward them. People often come for help with commitment worries, communication problems, caregiving stress, or blended family challenges. She also addresses adoption and foster care questions, aging concerns, and co-occurring difficulties.
Tricia meets each person with respect and steady support. To begin, she asks people to describe their current struggles and what they hope to change. From there she and the client shape a plan together and adjust it as needed.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Tricia lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Tricia names
- Existential Therapy
- 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
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Bringing values and skills to online therapy
Existential therapy helps people look at what gives their life meaning and what choices feel authentic; it can help when someone is rethinking relationships, roles, or purpose. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck and taking small actions that match personal values, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Attachment-Based ideas guide conversations about trust and patterns in relationships to improve communication and closeness.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and pace. That process includes trying techniques, checking what helps, and adjusting plans together so therapy stays practical and relevant.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video is helpful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone calls work when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit short check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats let people fit therapy into busy days and keep steady momentum toward their goals.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Tricia help with?
She works with people facing family conflict, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, anger, stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and coping with life changes. ADHD, self-esteem, and communication problems are also areas she addresses.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is conversational and practical, combining Existential perspectives with ACT, Client-Centered, and CBT techniques. Sessions focus on values, behavior change, and building coping skills.
How much experience does she have?
She has nine years of professional experience providing psychotherapy in a variety of settings.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She holds a Minnesota LICSW and practices with a focus on clients located in Minnesota.
What languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are available?
Tricia offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
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