Marsha Johnson, LMHC

Marsha Johnson is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with a strong background in music therapy, including specialized training in neurologic music therapy. She brings a blend of clinical expertise and creative therapeutic skills to work with people facing a range of emotional and life challenges.

Her professional experience spans care delivered in hospitals, nursing homes, day programs for individuals with developmental disabilities and serious mental illness, school settings, senior centers, and inpatient units. More recently, she has provided hospice music therapy services, supporting clients and families during end-of-life transitions.

Marsha’s counseling style centers on the person and the stresses they are experiencing. She integrates cognitive-behavioral techniques with humanistic principles, motivational enhancement, and expressive therapy to create individualized plans. This collaborative, strength-focused approach helps clients build practical coping strategies while honoring their personal values and experiences.

She works with a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, grief, depression, self-esteem and relationship issues, coping with aging or ill parents, dementia-related challenges, compassion fatigue, and ADHD in children. Marsha combines ongoing clinical training with a compassionate presence to support clients through change and healing.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Marsha Johnson frequently uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to help clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop practical skills for managing symptoms such as anxiety, depression, and stress. These strategies often involve setting clear goals and practicing new ways of thinking and behaving that reduce distress.

She also incorporates expressive therapy methods that use creative modalities to access emotions and foster healing. Expressive work can be useful for processing grief, trauma, and relational difficulties when words alone feel insufficient.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Marsha works collaboratively with each person to determine which techniques best match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan over time as progress and priorities change.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility for receiving care through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life transitions, and access support from licensed professionals without needing to travel to an office.