All sessions are currently telepsychology sessions.
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Individual Therapy
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Couple Therapy
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Outreach & Consultation
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Clinical Supervision
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Individual Therapy
Diverse individuals present for therapy when their existing thought patterns, behaviors, and coping skills no longer initiate desired change, support their self-worth or values, or help them feel fulfilled in relationships and community. Perhaps you are ready to make a major transition, find your voice, build secure support and self-compassion, heal from past traumas, or address a crisis. In individual therapy, I strive to create a safe, validating space to explore your concerns and identify your strengths.
When we meet for an initial intake, I will learn more about you — your background and history, current concerns, and expectations for therapy. If you think I am a good fit for you, we will determine a schedule that meets your needs. I will remain mindful of your goals and open to new priorities that emerge in therapy. By the end of therapy, my hope is you feel empathically challenged and supported, empowered, better connected with others and your own identity, and confident to begin or expand upon your next chapter.
When we meet for an initial intake, I will learn more about you — your background and history, current concerns, and expectations for therapy. If you think I am a good fit for you, we will determine a schedule that meets your needs. I will remain mindful of your goals and open to new priorities that emerge in therapy. By the end of therapy, my hope is you feel empathically challenged and supported, empowered, better connected with others and your own identity, and confident to begin or expand upon your next chapter.
Couple Therapy
"We seem to have the same argument, again and again."
"I want to feel more connected to my partner."
"We need better communication skills."
“If we separate, how can we get along for the sake of our children?”
"I want to feel more connected to my partner."
"We need better communication skills."
“If we separate, how can we get along for the sake of our children?”
As a source of both great joy and stress, our relationships have far-reaching impact. The bonds we form impact our identity, our ability to trust and feel vulnerable, how we form community, and our approach to understanding the world. While couples can seek therapy at any time in their relationship, they typically come in a state of crisis or feeling “stuck.” They may articulate the above statements.
Couple therapy is intended to help partners better understand themselves and their interaction, find new ways of communicating and resolving conflict that meet their deeper needs, heal from past hurt, and enhance intimacy. Therapy can be a place where couples explore their relationship structure (e.g., monogamous, polyamorous), compatibility and decisions for their future (e.g., marriage, children, career changes), attachment style, and even how to end their relationship with less anger and resentment.
For these reasons, it is a sincere privilege to be present with and help couples in therapy. I welcome couples in any stage of their relationship. I respect and honor diverse relationships, and have experience working with couples who are dating, engaged, married, considering separation or divorce; who identify within the LGBTQ+ community; and who are monogamous or polyamorous. I have experience addressing more vulnerable and intimate issues with couples, such as infidelity, sexuality, religious and spiritual issues, co-parenting, trauma, and grief/loss.
Couple therapy is intended to help partners better understand themselves and their interaction, find new ways of communicating and resolving conflict that meet their deeper needs, heal from past hurt, and enhance intimacy. Therapy can be a place where couples explore their relationship structure (e.g., monogamous, polyamorous), compatibility and decisions for their future (e.g., marriage, children, career changes), attachment style, and even how to end their relationship with less anger and resentment.
For these reasons, it is a sincere privilege to be present with and help couples in therapy. I welcome couples in any stage of their relationship. I respect and honor diverse relationships, and have experience working with couples who are dating, engaged, married, considering separation or divorce; who identify within the LGBTQ+ community; and who are monogamous or polyamorous. I have experience addressing more vulnerable and intimate issues with couples, such as infidelity, sexuality, religious and spiritual issues, co-parenting, trauma, and grief/loss.
Should I address my concerns in individual therapy and/or couple therapy?
Many relationship concerns can be addressed effectively in either individual or couple therapy. In fact, some clients may benefit from both services with separate therapists in order to maximize their support. Some of the more common reasons and goals for couple therapy include addressing and practicing healthier communication patterns, attachment injuries (e.g., infidelity and other betrayals), emotional and sexual intimacy, expectations in the relationship, healthy boundaries and work-life balance, major transitions (e.g., parenthood, empty nest, job changes), and the impact of grief/loss on the relationship.
In my work with couples, I integrate Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy, an evidence-based, therapeutic approach that understands the power of the attachments we form and helps couple form new, healthier, and more satisfying interactions. I am formally certified as an EFT Therapist. To learn more about EFT, please visit iceeft.com and drsuejohnson.com.
Many relationship concerns can be addressed effectively in either individual or couple therapy. In fact, some clients may benefit from both services with separate therapists in order to maximize their support. Some of the more common reasons and goals for couple therapy include addressing and practicing healthier communication patterns, attachment injuries (e.g., infidelity and other betrayals), emotional and sexual intimacy, expectations in the relationship, healthy boundaries and work-life balance, major transitions (e.g., parenthood, empty nest, job changes), and the impact of grief/loss on the relationship.
In my work with couples, I integrate Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy, an evidence-based, therapeutic approach that understands the power of the attachments we form and helps couple form new, healthier, and more satisfying interactions. I am formally certified as an EFT Therapist. To learn more about EFT, please visit iceeft.com and drsuejohnson.com.
Outreach & Consultation
I welcome the opportunity to provide outreach, consultation, and training to your school/university, business, organization, and community on a number of mental health topics. I have significant experience providing outreach on suicide prevention, including gatekeeper training as well as presentations designed to raise awareness about suicide warning signs and help refer distressed others to professional help. Additionally, I have specialized training in the psychology of religion and spirituality, and provide training for clinicians on spiritually-integrated therapy so they may understand how clients' religion and spirituality serves as both a resource and source of struggle throughout the lifespan.
Clinical Supervision
Early on in my own training, I cultivated a strong commitment to clinical supervision and training. Over the past 10 years, I have provided supervision and clinical consultation to both licensed and unlicensed therapists in Clinical Psychology, Counseling, and Social Work. In supervision, I create a safe, collaborative, flexible space to address your professional and ethical development, case conceptualization, theoretical orientation and treatment planning, and clinical skills. Please contact me if you are in need of an external supervisor or would like enriched consultation in your therapeutic work with individuals and couples.