Johanna Lopez, LPC

Johanna Lopez is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Wisconsin with 35 years of experience. She listens first and then offers questions and reflections to help people clarify their next steps. Johanna aims to create a space where clients feel heard and respected while they work through difficult issues.

She earned a master’s degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and later completed a Certificate of Completion from the University of Wisconsin Madison focused on Mental Health and the Older Adult. That additional study was chosen to complement years of hands-on experience with evidence about aging and geriatric issues.

Her early career included 15 years teaching middle school and providing school-based counseling. Johanna then moved into guidance counseling, in-home work with teens involved with the legal system, and community programs supporting families on Medicaid. Those roles taught practical skills like child rearing, budgeting, and time management alongside emotional support.

Johanna describes her style as eclectic and client-centered. She uses a mix of techniques and listens more than she speaks. Clients set the pace and goals, and she adjusts her approach to match what they want to accomplish.

If someone wants straightforward help for things like grief, parenting stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, caregiving concerns, or life transitions, Johanna offers steady support. She invites honesty, avoids judgment, and focuses on helping people move forward in ways that feel right to them.

How therapy approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and helping a person set their own goals. Online sessions using this approach can be a place to be heard and to decide next steps for family stress, grief, or life changes.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and offers practical exercises to change patterns. In online sessions CBT can help with anxiety, depression, sleep or eating problems, and managing stress through homework and short, targeted conversations.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and preferences and then suggest approaches to try. That choice is collaborative and can shift over time as needs change.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by reducing travel time and allowing check-ins during a work break or from another convenient location. Some approaches, like CBT, adapt well to shorter focused sessions and exercises that clients practice between meetings, while client-centered work often benefits from regular conversational time to reflect and plan.