Maya Johnson

Maya Johnson is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) who focuses on concerns women often face, such as stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, low self-esteem, career pressures, and depression. She writes plainly and listens carefully, offering a calm space for people who feel stuck or overwhelmed.

She uses expressive arts and play-based tools with both adults and adolescents to help people name feelings and try new ways of coping. Sand tray work is available for clients who want a hands-on way to look at memories and emotions. For people dealing with anxiety and unwanted rituals, she also offers exposure and response prevention techniques to reduce avoidance and build confidence.

Maya pays attention to attachment and abandonment issues and helps people untangle codependency, jealousy, and control struggles. She supports those processing domestic violence, traumatic experiences, and disruptive mood concerns like DMDD, and she helps with body image, guilt, isolation, and forgiveness work.

Her sessions are telehealth by appointment for clients in Indiana, Michigan, and Tennessee. Maya aims to help each person set clear, manageable goals and practice skills between sessions so progress continues outside the meeting time.

With six years of experience, she blends creative methods and practical strategies. People who want expressive options or structured exposure work can discuss which tools fit their needs during the first appointment.

How creative and structured approaches work online

Her work includes expressive arts and play-based techniques that let clients use drawing, movement, or storytelling to name feelings and practice new responses. These methods help people who find it hard to put emotions into words or who benefit from doing as well as talking.

She also uses sand tray work, which offers a visual, tactile way to look at memories, relationships, and inner conflict. Sand tray can help when people want a slower, more concrete way to process experience. For anxiety and ritualized avoidance, she applies exposure and response prevention methods to help reduce avoidance and build coping skills over time.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapy process. The therapist will work collaboratively with each person to pick techniques that match their goals, preference for creative or structured work, and comfort with the methods. This is decided together, and methods can change as needs evolve.

Telehealth sessions are noted in the therapist biography, but confirm the current session formats before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and provide access to creative tools at home. Licensed professionals can adapt expressive and exposure-based work to the online setting so therapy fits everyday life without requiring in-person visits.