Johanna Westin, LCSW

Johanna Westin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 15 years of experience supporting people across a wide range of concerns, including trauma, stress management, anxiety, relationship conflict, and life transitions. She has provided care in both inpatient and outpatient settings and offers individual, family, and group therapy, bringing practical experience from multiple clinical environments.

Her therapeutic style is down-to-earth and laid back, grounded in the belief that meaningful change often happens within the context of a trusting relationship. Johanna emphasizes the importance of connecting with the right therapist and aims to create an environment where people feel respected and accepted as they address the issues that matter most to them.

She works with clients of different ages and life circumstances, supporting goals such as improved stress and anxiety management, healing from trauma, resolving family and communication problems, navigating blended family dynamics, and coping with grief, parenting and career challenges. Her additional focus areas include panic disorder, post-traumatic stress, self-esteem and self-love, sexual assault and abuse, and compassion fatigue.

Johanna integrates evidence-based approaches into her practice, drawing from Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy. As an LCSW - a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - she holds clinical licensure to provide psychotherapy and social work services. Her practice centers on meeting people where they are and collaborating on achievable goals to support progress over time.