About Aesha
Aesha Johnson, MD, LCSW-C helps people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, life transitions, ADHD concerns, and career-related strain. She offers a calm, straightforward approach focused on practical steps. Sessions aim to identify unhelpful thoughts and build habits that support daily functioning and goals.
She brings 16 years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker and a medical doctor. That mix informs a focus on whole-person wellbeing and realistic strategies that fit everyday life.
Background and approach
Conversations are down-to-earth and goal directed rather than long lectures. Aesha favors client-centered work that starts where a person is. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot thinking patterns that lead to unwanted actions.
Those patterns are then replaced with clearer, more useful habits. Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy are also part of her approach. Motivational Interviewing helps people find internal reasons to change.
Solution-Focused methods help set small, achievable steps that build momentum. In sessions she helps people set concrete goals and build simple plans to reach them. The emphasis is on tools that can be used between meetings to improve focus, mood, and daily routines.
Aesha aims to make progress understandable and doable. Her tone is encouraging and direct. She works collaboratively to turn insight into action and supports clients as they try new ways of thinking and behaving.
Practical approaches for online therapy and change
Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person's priorities and pace, letting the therapist follow the client's lead to uncover what matters most and what feels doable. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors together and uses targeted exercises to shift thinking patterns that get in the way of daily functioning and goals.Deciding which approach to use is a team effort. The therapist will work with the client to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most likely to help. That collaborative process may blend elements of different approaches so sessions match the client's needs and change over time as progress is made.
Online therapy offers several practical advantages. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper exchanges. Phone sessions can fit into a busy schedule or be used when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or smaller reflection exercises between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep momentum, practice new skills in daily life, and stay connected without long commutes.
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- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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