Valarie Johnson, LICSW

Valarie Johnson is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) with three decades of counseling experience. She brings steady guidance to people facing depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, and other life stresses. Her style is warm and straightforward, offering support while also encouraging real change.

She has worked in many settings, including long-term work overseas with expatriate and indigenous communities. That background gave her a wide view of how culture and life transitions affect mood and coping. She helps people who are dealing with addiction, relationship strain, parenting pressures, eating concerns, compassion fatigue, and other challenges.

Valarie blends several approaches to tailor treatment to each person. She draws on client-centered methods that prioritize the person's goals, cognitive-behavioral techniques that address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and psychodynamic ideas that look at patterns from the past. She also uses solution-focused strategies to set clear, practical steps forward.

Appointments are intended to be collaborative. She listens, offers direct feedback, and works with clients to set realistic goals. She can include Christian-based counseling when that fits a client's wishes and otherwise respects each person's background.

Valarie practices in Washington and holds a WA LICSW. Sessions are conducted in English. People who want to begin are asked to use the site's Start Therapy process to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule with her according to availability.