Naeemah Johnson, LICSW

Naeemah Johnson is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of practice in Washington. She takes a collaborative approach and meets each person where they are. Her work focuses on helping people move toward goals they set for treatment.

She helps people who struggle with anxiety and depressive symptoms. She also supports those coping with trauma, grief, addictions, low self-esteem, and work-related stress. Intimacy concerns, relationship conflict, and life transitions are common topics in her sessions.

Her style is strength-based and nonjudgmental. She encourages self-awareness, acceptance, and openness. Treatment is flexible and outcome-oriented, shaped around realistic goals agreed on together.

Naeemah uses evidence-based methods such as cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, attachment-focused work, client-centered approaches, and elements of dialectical behavioral therapy. These tools are used to build practical skills and clearer thinking patterns.

In sessions she focuses on practical steps that people can use between meetings. She helps people clarify values, manage strong emotions, and change unhelpful habits. Planning and small, measurable shifts are part of the process.

Her aim is to strengthen how people see themselves and how they relate to others. She works with clients to reduce distress and increase daily functioning. Progress is paced to fit each person’s needs and goals.

How her approaches work in online sessions

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors that get in the way of daily functioning. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and problem-solving around work or relationship stress.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice their values and commit to actions that matter, even when difficult feelings are present. It can help with grief, chronic stress, and coping with life changes.

Attachment-based work looks at patterns in relationships and how early experiences shape current connections. This approach helps people improve how they relate to partners, friends, and caregivers.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and is determined together. The therapist works collaboratively to match methods to a person’s goals, needs, and preferences rather than using one fixed model.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face work and skill practice, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to continue care across distances.