Mary Johnston , LPC

Mary Johnston is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Tennessee with 10 years of clinical experience. She has worked across a range of treatment settings with adults and adolescents, providing individual and group therapy and supporting families through challenging transitions. Her practice focuses on substance use and addiction, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, and related concerns such as blended family issues, parenting struggles, anger, self-esteem, and guilt and shame. She also brings experience addressing bipolar disorder, ADHD, relationship and family dynamics, and care for LGBT clients.

Mary approaches care with empathy and a nonjudgmental stance, centering each person’s needs and meeting clients where they are. She emphasizes practical progress and aims to make the therapy experience as comfortable and goal-directed as possible, helping clients set realistic objectives and develop skills for daily life. As an LPC - a credential that authorizes clinical counseling in Tennessee and reflects formal training and supervised practice - she combines evidence-based methods with a warm, client-focused style to support long-term change.

Whether working on coping with anxiety, navigating recovery from substance use, repairing relationships, or processing traumatic events, Mary integrates collaborative, strengths-based techniques to help clients move toward their goals.