Naeemah Johnson, LICSW
Compassionate therapist focused on practical change
Explore online therapy optionsWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Naeemah works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Licensed in
- Washington
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Naeemah
Naeemah Johnson is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with 20 years of experience helping people navigate hard moments. She focuses on practical steps people can take now, and she works alongside each person to set realistic goals. Naeemah centers collaboration and meets people where they are in their journey.
Her work often addresses anxiety, stress, depression, grief, and trauma. She also assists people dealing with relationship conflict, breakups, work-related stress, self-esteem concerns, and anger.
Background and approach
She brings a calm, nonjudgmental presence while helping clients clarify what matters most to them. Naeemah blends approaches that aim to build skills and increase self-awareness. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral and acceptance-based methods to help people notice patterns and try new behaviors.
Her style is strengths-focused and outcome-oriented, so sessions emphasize steps that can make daily life easier. She pays attention to cultural context and adapts to each person’s background and needs. Clients who face caregiving stress, chronic health challenges, identity-related concerns including LGBT issues, or complex life transitions find support in her practical, flexible approach.
Naeemah also supports people coping with addictions, ADHD, and intimacy or attachment-related worries. Sessions are used to create a treatment plan with clear, realistic goals. Naeemah helps people build healthier self-view, strengthen important relationships, and move toward a more fulfilling life.
Her work is rooted in acceptance, self-awareness, and steady progress.
What Naeemah works with
Everything Naeemah lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Naeemah's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Naeemah lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused 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.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck by them, then choose actions that match their values. ACT is useful for anxiety, depression, and life changes where values guide decisions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing different behaviors to improve mood and daily functioning. CBT is often helpful for anxiety, stress, anger, and mood symptoms.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to your goals and needs and then suggest methods that fit. Treatment is collaborative, so adjustments are made over time based on what helps you most.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls are good for a full conversation with visual cues. Phone sessions can be an easier option when bandwidth is limited or when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging can work well for short check-ins, coaching-style support, or when you need to fit therapy into a busy schedule. These options make it easier to keep momentum and access care from different places.
Questions people ask about Naeemah
What kinds of concerns does she address?
Naeemah helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, anger, and related issues like self-esteem and work stress.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses a collaborative, strengths-based style that is nonjudgmental and outcome-focused. Sessions emphasize practical steps and self-awareness.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns and life transitions.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, WA LICSW, practicing from Washington.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What formats are used for sessions?
Sessions can be held by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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