Johnna Turnage, LPC, LPCC

Johnna Turnage is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor practicing in Tennessee with more than 20 years of experience. She helps people handle stress, anxiety, grief, depression, family concerns, and major life changes. Her approach is warm and interactive and aims to help clients make practical changes in everyday thoughts and habits.

Johnna draws on a mix of approaches when meeting with people. She uses Client-Centered methods to create a respectful, collaborative space and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thought patterns that affect mood and behavior. Emotionally-Focused and Solution-Focused techniques are also part of how she helps people find clearer ways forward.

Her background includes school guidance counseling, college advising, individual and group counseling, substance-related support, and nonmedical military family life counseling. That work spans a wide range of ages, and she has experience supporting children, adults ages 18 to 54, and senior adults. Her two decades in practice shape a practical, down-to-earth style.

Sessions with Johnna tend to focus on everyday habits and thoughts that influence how someone feels and acts. She encourages clients to notice small changes that add up over time. The goal is steady progress toward feeling more capable and in control.

Johnna holds LPC and LPCC licensure in Tennessee and Kentucky, respectively, and conducts sessions in English. People interested in working with her start by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling according to availability.

How therapeutic approaches shape online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on meeting people with respect and listening to their experience. It helps people feel heard and guides sessions around their own goals and concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It teaches practical tools to change thinking patterns that contribute to anxiety, depression, or unhelpful habits.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and name important emotions so they can respond differently in stressful moments. It can be useful when grief, family conflict, or relationship patterns are part of someone’s struggle.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That choice can change over time as goals shift and progress is made.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Because the biography does not list specific session formats, confirm current options before booking. Practical benefits often include saving travel time, fitting a session into a work break, or choosing a check-in that feels shorter or less intense. Licensed professionals can use these approaches effectively in remote sessions, and the focus remains on helping people change everyday thoughts and habits to feel better.