About me
I have been working as a Marriage and Family therapist since 2010. I was licensed in New Mexico for most of my career, but transferred to Washington state in 2016. I have worked with individuals and families from a variety of backgrounds and income levels and even served as a crisis counselor for a detention center for several years. Depression, anxiety, family/relationship problems, parenting issues, substance abuse, and Bipolar Disorder are part of my regular case load. I also enjoy working with clients who just feel "stuck" and need some support to find their way forward in life.
Working with teens has provided opportunities to look at the world in new ways as we explore options to help them navigate the complicated and ever changing path to adulthood. I have assisted clients in discovering the best educational path to help them reach their goals. I have also worked with clients who struggle to make friends, feel accepted, or feel alone and forgotten. Youth have challenges presented to them from real life peers to social media saboteurs. It is important to help them make healthy decisions regarding online safety, connecting with family and healthy peers, and focusing on their ultimate goals for future success.
I try to keep my sessions friendly and welcoming. I enjoy humor and feel that it is a healthy coping skill to be utilized. Every problem has a solution waiting to be found and my goal is to help clients find their own unique solutions to life's most complicated issues. My practice includes cognitive behavioral approaches as well as mindfulness and solution focused therapy. I treat individuals as unique cases and avoid lumping people into categories. I feel that individuals are the experts on their own lives since they live with themselves 24/7. My job is to help guide them to healthier choices for a happier life.
Therapy can be an intimidating process. My goal is to make it comfortable, helpful, and maybe even a little fun.
Specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
Addictions , Grief , Eating disorders , Parenting issues , Anger management , Self esteem , Career difficulties , Bipolar disorder , Coping with life changes , Compassion fatigue , Communication Problems , Divorce and Separation , Read more...
Services offered
Messaging
Live Chat
Phone
Video
Licensing
WA LMFT LF 60561509
Reviews
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Cindy Johnson. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with Teen Counseling might be different.
This service has greatly helped my son.
If you’re looking for a counselor don’t look any further. Cindy is the most compassionate, caring, understanding and professional counselor I have ever met. She is very dedicated and honest, she is very knowledgeable and passionate to help. It’s not only knowledge she obtained from studying, but also knowledge and wisdom one experiences in life. She has it. She is an amazing human being. She’s been there for me when I had no one else to turn to. I can’t recommend her enough. teen counseling, you have every reason to be proud to have her on your team.
Cindy is very thoughtful, listens, and reflects back helpful insights.
As mentioned before, Cindy is a great therapist. I love her, my girlfriend loves her. She goes above and beyond. Thanks for all the support!
Cindy accepts me as I am and tries to help me in ways that work for me, rather than giving me cookie-cutter solutions that ignore where I am.
I really appreciate her. In this day and age so many interactions have become so sterile and generic, even with health care professionals, seeing you as a collection of stats rather than an individual. It feels so good to be heard and to know that what she tells me is for me alone and not “people my age and with my mental health issues”. I can look that up online. I need individual help and she provides it.
Cindy has been absolutely excellent. I love every session with her. She both pushes you to grow but keeps you comfortable, which is so hard to do. I'm glad I found her after trying so many people.
Cindy is amazing! I always feel heard and supported, and I walk away from every session with a tool or something attainable to work on. I can tell that all her advice is helping me slowly make the mindset shifts when I catch myself in behavior patterns and can stop my thought process and adjust. Her humor and humanity always make me laugh and feel like I’ve spent time with a good friend (just a really smart one).
Understands every situation
Cindy has truly changed my life. She works to understand me and my needs so she can be supportive.
She is patient yet persistent…forgets nothing…(darn it) and is willing to walk into the fire.
She is trustworthy.
She is so patient and kind and helpful and comforting
Couldn't do this without Cindy. Of course, my husband and I do the hard work, but she's the very best guide in this crazy adventurous trek called marriage!
Cindy Johnson is great.
So far my experience with Cindy Johnson has been exceptionally good I know she is a pro and I will continue to work with her I'm grateful for this app
Cindy is a gem. I learned to trust her because my daughter had her as a therapist. I would hear how she was helping my daughter and could see the beautiful transformation taking place. I wanted that kind of help. So when I asked if I could be paired up with Cindy, she was delighted and said yes. I can’t say enough about how incredibly helpful Cindy has been. She’s been in the trenches with me. She’s validated, she’s given perspective, she’s offered new ways for me to approach life. She’s never been disgusted with anything I’ve said and she’s been my cheerleader. I’m in a completely different place in my journey to healing. I’m so grateful that Cindy has been willing to take this journey with me. Her expertise in knowing how to help has been what I needed to help me be brave and dig deep to find freedom in so many areas of my life.
She pays the utmost respect to what my needs and wants are as someone looking for therapy, and it really shines through in everything she says and does. Communication and advice is very thoughtful and insightful, boundaries are respected, and there is a very down-to-earth kindness in her approach to all situations. I've greatly appreciated my time with her.
Cindy is wonderful - she listens so well to us, remembers our whole story, and our most recent exchange quite well and does a great job poking us to stay on track and checks in often.
Very insightful and helpful! Understands really well how to make a challenging and difficult issue easier to discuss and process.
Cindy is a lovely person who has always been impartial but compassionate, hears us out, and has a sense of humor with us when the mood warrents it. Neither of us feel like "the favorite child". We both feel equally heard and validated and we both like her a lot.
Thank you
Cindy really hears what we each have to say and relays it back to us in an actionable way. She’s to the point, but nice about it so we don’t feel like failures.
Cindy Johnson has provided the space for me to feel comfortable in sharing sensitive information. She provides on topic information. She has helped me with my lens that I see the world through. Thank you, Cindy, for being personable and culturing a safe space as I humble myself to become a healthier version of myself.
Cindy is genuinely the best therapist I have had in a long time. Super hospitable, personal, charismatic. She has been extremely helpful throughout all of my partner and I sessions, as well as individual sessions. I would recommended her 10/10 times.
Amazing!
Cindy is amazing at what she does. Very caring, compassionate and knowledgeable. Her ability to listen combined with her expertise enhances her practice and makes her one of the best therapists I have ever had. Hands down amazing!
Cindy has been amazing. Her insights are spot on, and she has a way of making me feel heard, understood, and listened to. 10/10
Cindy has helped me and my husband be able to communicate in ways we just couldn’t before. She has helped our marriage before it even started and continued to do so after. Cindy also helped our individual mental well being and we consider her a very large part of our success.
Cindy is super professional. Listens to my concerns and actively encourages good approaches to handling issues.
Cindy has helped me peel back layers of what I thought were many different concerns and address the roots of problems I've struggled with my whole life. Our sessions are full of humor, insight, and respectful patience.
Thank you
Cindy is an amazing and wonderful therapist. She has helped me greatly and I know I wouldn’t have been able to make all of the progress I have made without her. She is an amazing listener, responds back in a timely manner and always has great and helpful tips for all of my concerns and issues. She also gives great examples that are helpful and easy to understand and relate too. She is kind and caring and just great at what she does. I will miss her when we are done with our sessions. I highly recommend Cindy!
Cindy has been my therapist for over two years and is seriously the best for me. She has helped me to grow and overcome so many things. I am so grateful for her listening ear and wonderful advice and help
Cindy really helped me a lot on figuring out my pressure and the issue with my husband. I appreicated her support and help
Cindy is a knowledgeable counselor and I am very thankful that she is my counselor because she is a very caring Christian person.
Cindy has been incredibly helpful in helping me deal with marriage issues and self esteem issues.
Cindy is extraordinary and understands and communicates with me extremely well!!!
Cindy has been a great resource as I’ve made some difficult transitions in my life. I appreciate how she helps me identify my priorities and encourage me to make my own decisions.
Cindy is great! I have and will continue to refer her to anyone I know looking for an exceptional counselor
Cindy has helped out a lot. She expresses concern for my cares and has given me a lot of great advice. Would recommend her but it’s already sometimes tough to get an appointment cause she has so many clients so I want her to myself hahaha jk
The staff is amazing the time it took to find a therapist was relatively short, and I felt a good connection with my therapist I think I’m one of the lucky if you got it right off the bat. Also it was just very needed even if it’s just talking about nothing we’re just talking about how I feel and having someone there to listen is amazing especially with the text chat. I would highly recommend.
Cindy has been a great support to me. Her listening skills and her ability to get to the heart of the matter amaze me. She asks questions that help to help myself. And gently offers insight into commonalty that helps feel less alone.
Cindy is great! What started out as individual has become couple therapy. Her knowledge to recognize our struggles when we don't even see them is beyond amazing! She shares tools for us to use when we face challenges in our marriage that strengthen our relationship. Highly recommend!
Cindy has completely transformed my life, but in the best way — she lets me discover where my changes need to happen and gives me tools to work at it. I love Cindy!
She gives you more perspectives and their approaches, pro and cons. It is really clear suggestions. She mentally hols hands and walk through your journey.
Cindy has the perfect sense of humor, understanding and listening ears. I have made so much growth because of her and her willingness to truly listen and ask intentional questions.
We're really happy to have been paired with Cindy! She's done an outstanding job of bridging the gap between us, tailored to each of our needs. We recommend Cindy =)
Cindy truly understands how minds work and provides techniques to help you change. I love working with her!
You’re the best
Cindy has a wide variety of knowledge and experience and is very agile in her approach, really listening carefully and offering helpful and constructive advice as well as grounded and genuine support. Highly recommend!
Just getting to know her
Cindy has been a great support and source of wisdom and a fresh and new way of perspective. It has given me wind in my emotional sails that I had lost the needed energy for. Thank you, Cindy!
Cindy was always a delight to talk to. She was compassionate and always listen to what you have to say and offer suggestions. Her sense of humor lightens the situation to make you feel more comfortable. She was always checking on me to make sure I was OK between sessions. We’re having recommend.
Cindy is a wonderful and skilled therapist who seems to have a passion for helping people.
Cindy is great at "meeting me where I am" on any particular day. She's very skilled at helping me to tease out of what my real issues and concerns are and then how to approach them.
Cindy continues to be an important part of my coping ability! She understands my unique situation for which I am forever grateful.
Cindy has been very helpful in guiding me through the struggles im currently facing. She's a great listener and makes me feel comfortable sharing information i wouldnt tell anyone else.
Cindy is AMAZING.
Cindy is an excellent communicator and therapist. The progress that they have made in guiding my child toward their goals is remarkable. I would recommend Cindy to anyone.
Simply the best!
Cindy has been tremendous in helping me to acknowledge and navigate years of anxiety that had built up. She is understanding and supportive while still being able to challenge where appropriate. My life and marriage are now in a much better place thanks to her help
Cindy Johnson has been absolutely amazing from our first appointment. I feel like she really understands me and has given me useful tools and insights I can apply daily. I absolutely recommend her!
Cindy is incredible. Her humor and positivity is just the right amount to make me feel comfortable with her. She is an excellent listener and is very skilled at helping me get to the bottom of what I’m actually feeling. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her to others!
Cindy is warm, kind, and a good listener, but she also is good at giving helpful suggestions to actively work on myself and my anxiety. She has been very helpful to me in my personal growth journey
Cindy is a great councilor, she listens and has great advice. I Highly recommend her.
I’ve been very impressed with teencounseling.com in general and Cindy Johnson has been such a blessing. She has a way of targeting what’s bothering me before I consciously do. It’s been wonderful having someone to talk to and give great feedback. Thank you.
Cindy has always checked in on me when I may get too distracted or busy to check in. It shows me she cares about how I’m doing. She always answers all my questions with knowledge and is very helpful with things I’m struggling with.
Cindy has been great. My situation is strange and complicated but she always has suggestions to help us navigate through the emotions. Thank you Cindy.
My two sessions with Cindy have been very helpful. She has a keen insight and offered me compassion and understanding. She has given me practical exercises to help me grow.
Cindy was great and helped point out new ways for me to look at my situation. Thank you Cindy!
Cindy has been my counselor for over a year now. She has been a person I can turn to when I am going through really hard things. She understands and helps me step by step to think better or feel better. I highly recommend her as a counselor.
Best. Marriage. Counselor. Ever. And we've tried a few.
Cindy has been a huge overwhelming support over the past year of counseling I have shared with her. Her warm heart and compassionate voice help to soothe the weakened and weary soul. I am unsure where I would be at this time without her.
Does an amazing job addressing all my concerns, no matter how minor. Love her!
Cindy has been a godsend this last year. The ability to brain dump my thoughts and feelings - in the heat of the moment - to get things off my chest has been the defining factor for me. She checks in with me regularly, which helps to keep the accountability but doesn't punish me for not reaching out, which makes counseling not feel like another 'to-do' but a support system when and how I need it.
I recommend teen counseling and speak highly of Cindy to anyone that'll listen. :)
Cindy is one of the most genuine and caring counsellors I've ever worked with. She's smart, funny, kind, and her general aesthetic is that of a close friend who will give it to you straight, but also help guide you through things. She can relate to situations and make you feel like you're not crazy, while also pointing out where you need to put in some work.
I feel that I can share pretty much anything with Cindy and she gets it. It’s easy for me to connect with her and I have grown and learned through her guidance. She is wise.
Changed my life for the better.
I switched to Cindy from the initial counselor I was assigned, and instantly felt comfortable with her. She helped me feel safe in being vulnerable and opening up. I feel heard during my sessions, and get written evidence of the progress I’m making from her after each session. Thank you deeply, Cindy!
I just started talking with Cindy but she is very nice and brings a lighthearted approach to talking through my anxiety and things I struggle with. I feel very comfortable with her and am excited to continue therapy. She checks in on my in between sessions wich I find amazing and helpful.
Although early on in treatment, Cindy has been empathetic, understanding, and extremely helpful. I value the interactions we have had and look forward to continuing to work with her.
Cindy was a great support to us and I would highly recommend
She is understanding and helps me find my way forward and supportive in me forming new cognitive habits.
My wife and I have been through previous counseling, where we carried 99% of the conversation. It stimulated conversation between us, but gave us no plan to successfully move forward to resolve our issues. Cindy listens intently, then offers appropriate suggestions to reach the end goal.
Cindy is great. I don't reach out as much as I should but she's always there to chat over text whenever and I really like that. It's one of the things about this platform that I love.
I'm still getting to know her, but so far she has addressed my concerns in a thoughtful way. I look forward to my next session each time.
We appreciate Cindy. She is thoughtful and genuine in her desire to help.
I just met Cindy. She’s working with my son and I. We really like her and accomplished a lot in the first session. I’m sure I can share much more after a few more sessions. Regardless, so far so good.
Cindy is a very good listener,gives great advice and genuinely cares!
Has been a very helpful and convenient method to access counseling!
I'm pleasantly surprised how well the method(s) of communication work! Cindy is very down to earth, warm (in both video and print) with an encouraging manner. She is clear in these communications as well.
Cindy has been a wonderful counselor. She not only has the expertise but genuinely cares about the healthiness and happiness of those she counsels.
Cindy has done a great job connecting with me and making me feel heard.
Cindy is extremely knowledgeable, funny, and approachable. She is the first counselor I’ve ever had and made me feel comfortable throughout the whole process. She also uses a lot of analogies that make complex ideas relatable to everyday life. I’d definitely recommend her!
Cindy's counseling made a lasting, helpful change to my life.
My first counselor experience years ago was terrible. They made me feel abnormal and scared. Cindy has been wonderful at verbalizing the thoughts I throw at her, and making me understand it’s normal, and there are tools for my racing mind.
I really think that Cindy’s help is the main reason my marriage has a chance or surviving. She is amazing and perceptive and so helpful.
Strongly recommend teencounseling.com and Cindy Johnson to others. Cindy is very encouraging and a great listener with many helpful suggestions.
I’ve been trying to find a counselor for years who would actually help me, not just allow me to relive past trauma over and over.
Cindy has been very helpful listening to me and offering advice when warranted.
I legit get excited that I have a new message because it means I’m taking steps to healing and that feels really good.
Cindy is smart, respectful, and incredibly insightful. She is non-judgemental, honest, and I feel like she really understands and appreciates what’s being said.
Very helpful and insightful. I have been in therapy before, but working with Cindy has been more productive than months before.
Cindy Johnson has helped not only the relationship after my partner cheated and lied, but she most importantly helped me cope and find myself in all of our sessions. She helped me see both sides of view as well as put some order to my very hurt discombobulated thoughts and feelings so I could progress forward.
Cindy is an amazing therapist. She is very kind and understanding, very helpful and attentive to problems. She offers lots of different ways to work through issues. Ever since I started talking with her I have felt better about myself and less worried about the future. She helps you see things in a way you may not have thought of before and that can be really helpful for people like me. She really has helped me in a tremendous way and I dont think I would be where I am without her.
What I value most about Cindy is that she realizes how important the whole family is in supporting the teen. Up until finding her it seemed like counselors were dividing our family instead of uniting our family. Her ability to keep lines of communication open have been very helpful. She is compassionate and thorough. She has wonderful ideas that work. I highly recommend her.
Cindy is knowledgeable in the care she provides. She cares for me in a holistic manner and encourages physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing. Not that she forces religion but allows her clients to find meaning of life. She goes above and beyond by sending worksheets and "checking-in" messages. God is who I turn to first when I'm having a difficult time and while I patiently give it up to God (my stress, anxiety, fear), I know Cindy is there for me 24/7 and also shows just as much compassion for me...helps me to stay grounded.
Cindy sends very extensive messages that make me feel understood and heard. She also does follow up messages when I'm in a period where I'm not responsive and I feel security in our patient-therapist relationship.
Cindy was my second counselor and I am so very happy I took a leap of faith to change counselors. She has helped me deal with so much already and I feel so relieved just knowing I can talk to her. She is insightful, positive and responsive. I really needed all of these and she has far surpassed my expectations! Thank you so very much, Cindy!!!!
Cindy is so amazing. She started with me feeling trapped and hopeless, and now I feel so free. She is the absolute best.
Cindy Johnson is a good match for what I was looking for when signing up at teen counseling. The flexible schedule allows me to add therapy and counseling into my weekly routine without feeling like it is "one more thing" to do. Talking to Cindy Johnson helps me process and sort out all of the stress in my head. I feel better and feel like it is very much worth the time and money. I've done in person therapy and now teen counseling and I can say that both were exactly what I needed.
Very kind and on top of it. She allows me to work on what I need to work on and does a great job of integrating faith based coping skills into her sessions.
Cindy takes the time to get to know her clients, and truly cares about helping. She looks beyond the issue and offers positive guidance.
Cindy has a great head on her shoulders for this work. A joy to communicate with, even when talking about non joyful topics
Cindy has spent almost a full year working with me, and has been a transformative force in my life. I owe her so much gratitude. Through my depression, mania, rage, and utter insanity, she listened, cared, and guided me through to a better place. I feel ok for the first time in years.
I feel like I am being heard for the first time in my life. Cindy is straight forward but also offers great perspective and thought provoking questions. I feel like I am talking to an old friend who gets me. I appreciate Cindy and her expertise. She also offers levity at the right times which makes telling your story to her very easy. I would recommend Cindy to anyone who needs great support!
Cindy has been completely devoted to our counseling and has gone above and beyond to really provide us with all the tools we need to move forward.
I have received so much benefit from working with Cindy. She is kind and encouraging while also offering fresh and new perspective. Her love for the Lord is clearly seen. I have been so thankful for her Biblical and Spiritual insight as I have begun to work through family conflict and life changes.
Cindy is amazing and can relate to a lot of different scenarios. She is kind, patient and sincere. She does not push anything on you that you are not comfortable with and has lots of suggestions for you. I will utilize Cindy's services from here on out!
Cindy is amazing. Her response time to my lengthy and random emails is almost immediate. She even reaches out when I don't respond. I feel that I can get more information out in an email format than a live session, but I need to do more of those. I really appreciate having her in my corner to listen to me and help me see things more clearly. I'm really thankful she's my counselor.
Cindy is straightforward and blunt. She is respectful but pushes on sensitive topics. She highly encourages growth as a person and is very supportive when need be. 10/10 would recommend (and have).
Cindy is a phenomenal counselor. she always responds in a timely manner, she asks clarifying questions. She offers perspective and great suggestions, always has a fantastic perspective and I leave feeling heard.
Cindy is patient and thoughtful. She has kept our conversations moving in a positive direction and gave us lots of suggestions to help us work through our disagreements. I really appreciate all of Cindy’s kind attention to our relationship.
Cindy has been a breath of fresh air when we most needed it as a couple. Her compassionate and clear communication and understanding has made us both feel heard and the way in which she bridges our lack of communication with each other has helped us trust and a deeper connection with each other. Her tools are useful and easy to understand and implement.
Cindy has been a wonderful guide through my trials. She is thoughtful in her approach, and honest in her feedback. I couldn't have asked for a better counselor and therapist during this extremely challenging time in my life. I was very skeptical of this method of therapy when I started, but Cindy has exceeded my expectations and made me feel extremely comfortable with the legitimacy of teencounseling.com. I would recommend her to anyone.
CIndy is amazing and has already helped so much.
Cindy has been great! She responds quickly, provides a neutral and positive incite, and is friendly and professional. We are happy she’s working with us.
Cindy had done a great job remaining neutral with marriage counseling which is very appreciated.
Cindy has a warm and gentle approach. She uses humor, in the right context, to help relay a point or idea that helps with the issues her clients are facing. I find that she is able to help me feel less alone and isolated in my ordeals and problems. It's easy when in depression to feel as if no one can share your pain, but Cindy has a way of shedding a humorous light on situations and offers helpful examination on the human condition.
Cindy is amazingly helpful
I've not worked with Cindy for long, but she was able to jump right in to my story and help me pull out some great truths to work with. She has a wealth of knowledge that is perfectly applicable to my situation (before I even know I needed the knowledge). I greatly appreciate her ability to provide super-practical steps to work through issues I'm facing.
Cindy has been very insightful, and offered workable solutions to problems addressed with her.
Cindy is wonderful.