Trenese Johnson, LICSW, LCSW, CSW

Trenese Johnson, LICSW, LCSW, brings 28 years of professional experience to issues such as stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related problems. She emphasizes that clients know their own stories and that they already hold strengths to face difficult moments. Trenese frames the first step toward change as an act of courage and offers steady support through that process.

She uses a straightforward, respectful style in sessions. Conversations focus on what matters most to the client and on practical steps they can try between meetings. Trenese listens for patterns that keep problems stuck and helps people experiment with new ways of responding.

Her work draws on client-centered methods that prioritize each person’s experience. She also integrates cognitive behavioral tools to identify and shift unhelpful thinking. Mindfulness and somatic ideas are used when attention to the body or present-moment awareness helps reduce distress.

Sessions are aimed at clear goals such as easing anxiety, repairing trust, improving intimacy, or managing life transitions. Trenese supports people working through grief, caregiving stress, career changes, and relationship complications including non-traditional relationship structures and sexuality questions.

People who prefer a collaborative, strengths-based approach may find her style useful. She encourages practical problem solving while respecting each person’s pace. Trenese practices in Georgia and works in English.

Approaches that shape online sessions

Client-centered work focuses on the client's own experience and priorities. The therapist listens carefully and helps people name what matters most, then supports whatever path the client chooses to follow.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers concrete exercises to test unhelpful beliefs and build alternative habits, which can help with anxiety, low mood, and relationship patterns.

Mindfulness therapy brings attention to the present moment through simple exercises. It can reduce reactivity, ease stress, and make intimacy feel less overwhelming by slowing things down.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has helped before, then try methods that seem like a good fit. That collaborative process includes checking in and adjusting as needed.

Confirm available session options before booking, as current formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Many people like that it lets them continue care from different locations while keeping therapy focused on clear goals.