About

Katie Johnson, MSW, LISW

katie@johnsoncounselingllc.com
319.382.4721

about katie

(she/her/hers)

If you’re overwhelmed by the relentless pace of life, you’re not alone. Let’s work collaboratively to enhance personal growth in the various dimensions of your life. Together we will build strategies to improve skills of emotional identification & regulation, soothing & reducing anxiety, mood stabilization, value-aligned decision making, cultivating a clearer view of self and repair & improve relationships. My approach is compassion centered using evidence based approaches including trauma focused CBT, DBT, CPT, ERP, mindfulness-based and somatic therapies and others.

Specialty areas of treatment include working with symptoms of anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, maladapative perfectionism, burnout, and disordered eating in athletes. Additionally issues surrounding identity development, intra- and interpersonal relationship difficulties and various concerns faced by current and former athletes and student-athletes.

A passion of my practice is offering sports-related therapy with student-athletes in eastern Iowa. Click here to read more about sport-related therapy services.

I am a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) in the state of Iowa; a Licensed Certified Social Worker in the state of South Dakota; and a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in the state of Minnesota. I graduated with a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Iowa; earned a Bachelor's in Psychology, minor in Family Studies from the University of Northern Iowa; and an Associate of Arts degree from Waldorf College where I played women's basketball. I was a 4-sport athlete in high school, a lifelong Coach’s Kid growing up around sports all my life, and continue to be an avid sports fan, cheerleader and participant.

I’m a member of the National Association of Social Workers, the Alliance of Social Workers in Sport and the Eating Disorders Coalition of Iowa.