Clinical Director
Stephanie A. Johnson
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
Stephanie is a licensed clinical social worker in both Illinois and Michigan. Stephanie earned her masters in social work from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Stephanie has 30+ years of experience in the field, having worked in adolescent residential treatment and private psychiatric hospital settings before transitioning into her private practice over 20 years ago. Stephanie is an approved EMDRIA EMDR Basic Trainer and Advanced Trainer. She has completed her level 3 DBR training and has her level 3 ISSTD Certification in Trauma and Dissociation. In addition to providing individual therapy, Stephanie provides clinical supervision and clinical development to interns in the field, in addition to providing consultation in the areas of trauma and dissociation and EMDR Therapy.
Stephanie is passionate about assisting others through their trauma healing. Her clinical approach is to partner with each client, being attuned to their clinical needs and using the treatment approaches that are best suited at that specific moment in time. Understanding that the healing process often includes learning to sit and be within one’s body and with emotion. She uses the three-phase trauma treatment model as her framework to aid in the pacing and structuring of the overall therapeutic process.
Stephanie believes it is important to always stay a student. She is invested in ongoing continued clinical development for herself through attending training, reading relevant articles/ books, obtaining consultation, and training others.