Sherri Johnson, MD, LCSW-C

Sherri Johnson is a licensed clinician practicing in Maryland with 26 years of experience. She holds an MD and is an LCSW-C, and she focuses on practical steps people can use to feel better. Sherri approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. She aims to make the first steps into therapy feel manageable and straightforward.

Sherri works with adults facing relationship strain, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and career stress. She also helps people coping with anxiety, depression, grief, addiction concerns, ADHD, and changes in life roles. Her background includes long-term clinical work that blends talk therapy with skill-building approaches.

In sessions she uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking and try new behavior patterns. She also draws on attachment-focused ideas to look at how past relationships shape current worries. Client-centered methods guide the pace and focus so each person feels heard while practical tools are introduced.

Sherri keeps language plain and actionable during visits. She helps people set small goals, practice new coping skills, and review progress between meetings. The aim is steady, realistic change rather than quick fixes.

Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Sessions are scheduled using a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and then scheduling follows according to therapist availability.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Sherri often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT is practical work that can include short exercises and homework between sessions to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and change patterns that cause problems.

She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships influence current trust, closeness, and conflict. This approach helps people understand emotional patterns and build healthier ways of relating to others.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and daily life to choose methods that fit. Decisions about pacing and techniques are collaborative and adjusted as progress is reviewed.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into a busy life. Video offers face-to-face conversation and shared exercises, phone can be useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat provides a shorter check-in option, and messaging allows ongoing reflection between meetings. These formats make it possible to continue regular work on goals without long commutes and with flexible scheduling for different routines.