Female Therapists in Kent, WA

Are you looking for a Therapist who understands the strengths and complexities of individuals and families from diverse cultural backgrounds? Not happy with where you are in life? Are you dealing with life transitions such as parenthood, divorce, a career change, death of a loved one, diagnosed with cancer, or caring for aging parents/ill family member/special needs child? Feeling depressed or anxious about challenges in balancing work, family and your personal needs? Then contact me to discuss how I can assist.

I specialize in working with adults and couples who struggle with building and maintaining healthy/happy relationships. Many of my clients feel a lot of pain in their romantic and/or familial relationships. Some clients feel unsupported, unappreciated, or invalidated and struggle with communicating with their loved ones. Others feel unsafe with their partner because of their own past trauma, anxiety, or depression. Some of the individuals I work with have been diagnosed with ADHD or have a partner with that diagnosis. They may have a difficult time connecting with one another and understanding each other's experience.

Hi! Samantha Johnson, QCSW, LICSW. I started into counseling when I was just a youngen’, so now I have 14 years of experience! But don’t worry, I am not too old to understand. I work with people who are suffering. I understand how difficult life can get and want to do anything I can to try to help you find better days. I have worked in ‘discrete addictions programs’ to community mental health and few in between. I have been trained in Gestalt, Motivational Interviewing, Play Therapy, Reality Therapy and CBT. My approach is simple, where are you? And where do you want to be? Then is it just figuring out how to reach those goals.

I am primarily a cognitive-behavioral therapist, but I incorporate other approaches to provide an individualized plan for recovery. I will help you recognize how thoughts (cognitions) and actions (behaviors) create and maintain patterns in daily living. I combine many aspects of dialectical behavior therapy into my work with clients. This kind of therapy offers specific skills to enhance emotional regulation, develop effective interpersonal relationship skills, and ways to tolerate distress in daily living. I often use psycho-education so you can make informed choices about different ways of thinking, feeling, and acting.

PLEASE NOTE: I AM CURRENTLY AT CAPACITY & AM UNABLE TO ACCEPT NEW CLIENTS AT THIS TIME. * Most people experience times in their lives when circumstances create stress, anxiety, grief, depression, health challenges, or other concerns that lead to a desire for change. Sometimes at these times of transition it can be helpful to have a guide who is not just a family member or friend; someone who can help by offering new ideas & help to create concrete goals to move toward positive change. My intent is to facilitate that process. I believe in addressing the “whole person”: mind, body, emotions & spirit, in ways that fit you & your needs.