Johnna Turnage, LPC, LPCC

Johnna Turnage is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPC, LPCC) with two decades of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and major life changes. She works with individuals across the lifespan and has a particular focus on aging and geriatric issues as well as caregiver stress. Johnna aims to create an approachable setting where practical steps and clear goals guide each session.

Johnna draws on straightforward methods to help people find better daily routines and coping tools. She uses Client-Centered work to listen closely and shape sessions around each person's priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and test new behaviors in small, manageable steps.

Her background includes school guidance counseling, college advising, individual and group counseling, and substance and military family life counseling. Those roles gave her experience with a wide range of life stages and transitions. That mix informs how she tailors support for someone facing midlife shifts, caregiving demands, or later-life transitions.

In sessions she aims to be warm, interactive, and practical. Conversations tend to focus on what can change now, small goals to build momentum, and ways to shift thinking that get in the way of feeling better. She also helps people consider the everyday habits that support emotional resilience.

People who prefer a collaborative, goal-minded style often find this approach helpful. Her practice emphasizes clear, doable steps and ongoing check-ins to track progress and adjust the plan as needs change.

How therapeutic approaches work in online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening deeply and following the client's lead to set session priorities and goals. It helps people who want a supportive space to talk through what matters most and to build a plan that fits their life.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect, and teaches simple exercises to test different thinking styles. It is often useful for anxiety, depression, and adjusting to life changes by breaking big problems into concrete steps.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods to try and will adjust those choices over time based on progress and preference. That collaborative process helps match strategies to real goals like reducing worry, improving sleep, or easing caregiver strain.

Session formats were not specified in the original biography, so please confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals can also adapt exercises, homework, and guided conversations to work well over remote sessions, helping clients apply changes between meetings.