Therapist profile
Marsha Johnson, LMHC
Massachusetts
Licensed Mental Health Counselor - Stress and Anger
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- CredentialsLMHC
- LicenseLMHC, Massachusetts / 5050
- NPI1528261724
- Experience15 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationMassachusetts
About
- cognitive behavioral methods
- expressive music therapy
- caregiver and aging issues
About Marsha
Marsha Johnson is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Massachusetts with 15 years of counseling experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, anger, and life transitions. She also helps those dealing with sleep or eating difficulties, relationship and intimacy concerns, ADHD, and struggles with self-esteem.
Before focusing on counseling, she worked extensively in hospitals, nursing homes, and day programs serving people with developmental and severe mental health needs. She has provided services in schools, senior centers, and inpatient units, and most recently practiced hospice music therapy.
Her approach blends cognitive-behavioral methods with humanistic and motivational enhancement techniques. She also uses expressive therapy methods, including music-based interventions informed by her background in music therapy. Sessions focus on practical strategies and on identifying strengths the person can use day to day.
Marsha aims to help clients cope with caregiver stress, compassion fatigue, aging and geriatric concerns, chronic illness and pain, and end-of-life matters. She also supports people navigating career stress, financial worries, isolation, and multicultural issues.
She holds an MA and practices as an LMHC in Massachusetts. Sessions are conducted in English and international clients are not currently accepted. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the online options button.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Marsha uses cognitive-behavioral techniques that help people identify unhelpful thought patterns and try different behaviors to reduce stress and manage anger. These methods are practical and focus on small, measurable changes in daily routines.She also incorporates humanistic approaches that center on the person’s experience and motivations. These techniques are useful for working through grief, self-esteem concerns, and relationship strains. Her expressive methods, including music-informed interventions from her background, offer alternative ways to process emotion when talk alone feels limiting.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to test what helps most, adjusting methods as goals and preferences become clearer. That collaboration aims to produce usable strategies the person can try between sessions.
The profile does not specify which session formats she offers, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, or offering a quieter setup that cuts down interruptions. Licensed professionals can adapt session pace and materials to work well in a remote setting, which helps keep progress moving forward without promising a particular outcome.
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Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Massachusetts
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, anger, sleep and eating issues, and life transitions among other concerns listed in her profile.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her sessions combine cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, and motivational enhancement techniques alongside expressive therapy approaches such as music-based work.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 15 years of counseling experience and many earlier years working in hospitals, nursing homes, schools, and hospice music therapy settings.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She holds an MA and is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Massachusetts.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What formats are offered for sessions?
The original profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled and how do I start?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.