Monique Goodson-Johnson, LCMHC

North Carolina · 17 years in practice

Monique Goodson-Johnson is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) who brings 17 years of experience to her practice in North Carolina.

License and registration

LCMHC, North Carolina: 6575 · expires June 2026
NPI: 1881886661 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 17
Languages: English

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About Monique

Monique Goodson-Johnson is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) who brings 17 years of experience to her practice in North Carolina. She offers a warm, straightforward approach that focuses on emotional connection and practical steps. People often seek her help for stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, addiction concerns, and life transitions.

Her work blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy with client-centered techniques and cognitive behavioral strategies. Sessions usually focus on identifying what feels most painful, naming emotions, and trying small changes that can ease daily life.

Background and approach

She also uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing tools when those fit a person’s goals. Monique describes her style as open-minded and multicultural. She aims to create an empathic, nonjudgmental space where clients can feel heard and more able to make decisions.

Her approach is collaborative, with attention to each person’s values and life situation. Across 17 years of practice she has helped people navigate parenting stress, communication problems, attachment and abandonment wounds, body image and eating concerns, bipolar mood challenges, and work-related burnout. She also supports people facing trauma, grief, and compassion fatigue.

Services are offered in English and Monique accepts international clients. Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and appointments are arranged according to therapist availability.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Monique lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Depression
LGBT
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Attachment issues
Avoidant personality
Blended family issues
Body image
Caregiver issues and stress
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Men's issues
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Post-traumatic stress
Prejudice and discrimination
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Monique names

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Online support

How emotion-focused work and skills fit into online therapy

Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and name strong emotions and the patterns those emotions create in relationships. It aims to create more supported, responsive interactions by focusing on what someone feels in the moment and how they show it. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and respect for each person's perspective, giving space for clients to lead the conversation while the therapist reflects and supports change.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect, and uses concrete experiments and small behavior changes to reduce distress. Together these approaches make room for emotional understanding, steady support, and clear skills practice during online sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, values, and day-to-day needs. That may mean focusing on emotional processing one week and practicing cognitive or mindfulness tools the next.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more manageable. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and relational work, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text works well for brief check-ins or when writing helps process feelings. These options let people fit therapy into busy days and keep momentum between longer sessions.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does Monique help with?

She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, and career stress.

What is her general therapeutic style?

Her style centers on emotional connection and practical steps. She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas alongside client-centered listening and cognitive behavioral techniques to help people name feelings and try manageable changes.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 17 years of experience working with people on mood disorders, trauma, addiction patterns, attachment issues, and everyday coping challenges.

Where is she licensed and based?

She holds the LCMHC credential and is licensed in North Carolina.

Which languages and international services are supported?

Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

Therapy can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.

How are fees and billing handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I get started with this therapist?

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