Works with
- Anger
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
How Tricia works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Licensed in
- Minnesota
- Years in practice
- 9
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Tricia
Tricia Johnson is a licensed independent clinical social worker who brings nine years of experience to her psychotherapy work in Minnesota. She focuses on practical help for people dealing with family conflict, trauma and abuse, parenting struggles, and anger. Her approach is grounded in acceptance and respect so clients can speak honestly about what they are feeling.
Tricia offers short-term and longer-term support for anxiety, depression, stress, grief, low self-esteem, and the life changes that follow major events.
Background and approach
She also works with people managing ADHD, attachment concerns, and issues tied to adoption, foster care, or abandonment. Sessions aim to clarify what matters most to the client and build steps toward those goals. Her style is straightforward and supportive.
Conversations focus on what is happening now and on concrete skills clients can use between sessions. She draws on methods like cognitive behavioral work, dialectical behavior strategies, and acceptance-based techniques to help people notice thoughts and try different responses. Tricia pays attention to relationship patterns and attachment dynamics that affect how people connect and react under stress.
She also helps with communication problems, codependency, control issues, and caregiver strain. The work often includes practicing new ways to respond when anger or strong emotions arise. Every plan is created together, matching goals to a mix of therapy tools that fit each person.
Tricia meets people with kindness and steady support as they work toward clearer thinking and calmer responses.
What Tricia works with
Everything Tricia lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Tricia's practice.
- 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 lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapy approaches that translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people get clearer about what matters to them and take small steps toward those values while learning to hold difficult thoughts differently. It can help with ongoing stress, anxiety, and frustration that feeds angry reactions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thought patterns and testing new ways of thinking and behaving. This approach is useful for low mood, anxious thinking, and practical anger management skills.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape present reactions and helps people try new ways of connecting and self-soothing when emotions run high.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose approaches that match their goals, preferences, and the issues they bring. That choice can shift as progress is made and as new priorities emerge.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let people see and hear the therapist for deeper conversation, phone sessions can fit into a short break or use less bandwidth, and chat or text can be used for quick check-ins or when writing helps clarify thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on learning skills and making steady change.
Questions people ask about Tricia
What kinds of problems does Tricia help address?
She helps people facing family conflict, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, anger, anxiety, depression, grief, stress, self-esteem struggles, ADHD, and related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The approach is accepting and nonjudgmental, with an emphasis on honest talk and practical skills. She uses a mix of cognitive behavioral, dialectical behavior, acceptance, attachment-based, and client-centered techniques.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has nine years of professional experience providing psychotherapy in a variety of settings in Minnesota.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Minnesota LICSW, licensed in the state of Minnesota and practices with that credential.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
She sees people by video call, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and getting started work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.