- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- Client-Centered approach
- CBT techniques
About Johnna
Johnna Turnage is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, licensed in Tennessee and Kentucky, with 20 years of experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and major life changes. Her work includes support for family concerns and midlife transitions, and she draws on several practical therapy methods to guide conversations.
Her background includes school guidance counseling, college advising, individual and group counseling, and work with substance-related concerns. That experience means she often blends straightforward skills practice with conversations about feelings and relationships. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow what each person brings to the room and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and patterns.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy appears in her approach when sessions focus on naming and understanding emotions that feel confusing or hard to express. Motivational Interviewing is used when people are weighing change and want help finding internal reasons to move forward. Solution-Focused Therapy helps keep sessions goal-oriented and practical when immediate steps are needed.
Johnna has worked with a wide age range, and her practice reflects long experience with children, adults aged 18 to 54, and older adults. She also brings familiarity with caregiver stress, blended family issues, addiction-related concerns, and adjustments that follow divorce or loss.
Her style is interactive and direct. Sessions tend to mix discussion, skill-building, and short-term goals. People who prefer clear steps and attention to feelings may find this approach fits their needs.
How her approaches translate to online care
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and name emotions that feel confusing or overwhelming. Sessions that use EFT focus on patterns in relationships and on how emotions shape connections and personal responses. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's perspective, letting the client guide what matters most while the therapist listens and reflects. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and introduces small experiments and practical skills to change them.Choosing the right approach is part of the work itself. She will collaborate with each person to decide which methods to emphasize based on goals and what feels most helpful. That means sessions can shift over time toward emotional processing, skills practice, or solution-focused steps as needed.
The biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm the available session types before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also makes it possible to continue work after a move or while living outside Tennessee, and it supports people who prefer not to be on camera for parts of a session.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Tennessee, Kentucky
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and coping with life changes. Family-related problems and midlife issues are also areas of focus.
How does she approach therapy?
She blends Client-Centered Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy. Sessions often combine talking through feelings with practical skills work.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 20 years of experience from school guidance, college advising, individual and group counseling, and work with substance-related concerns.
What credentials and region apply to her practice?
She is an LPC and an LPCC, licensed in Tennessee and Kentucky, and practices from Tennessee.
In what language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Confirm current session options with the therapist before booking.
How does her pricing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to start working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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