Johanna Paz, LMFT

Practical support for stress and trauma recovery

About Johanna

Johanna Paz is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and the aftereffects of trauma and abuse. She speaks English and Spanish and aims to make conversations feel straightforward and understandable.

Background and approach

Johanna focuses on practical steps that people can use between sessions to feel steadier in daily life. Clients can expect a calm space where thoughts and feelings are heard without judgment.

Johanna encourages small, achievable changes rather than overwhelming plans. She emphasizes building confidence, managing guilt and shame, and finding clearer direction when life feels uncertain.

Her work includes support for coping with life changes and concerns common to young adults, such as motivation, self-love, and life purpose. She also helps people address communication problems that get in the way of relationships and goals.

Johanna uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions toward concrete outcomes that clients can notice. Johanna has six years of professional experience in California as an LMFT, which means she holds a license as a marriage and family therapist in the state.

Her background centers on helping clients take the first steps toward lasting change while keeping the pace comfortable for each person. Therapy with Johanna aims to be collaborative and straightforward.

She works with each client to set goals, try out new ways of coping, and build on small successes over time.

Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care

Johanna uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear tools and real-life practice. One common approach helps people process traumatic memories and reduce their impact by teaching grounding and coping skills that can be used when distressing memories arise. Another approach emphasizes mood and behavior change through short, structured exercises that improve daily routines, sleep, and activity levels to lift mood and reduce anxiety.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Johanna will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust them over time based on how the client responds.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can work well when lower bandwidth is needed, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports short updates or ongoing reflections between meetings. These options aim to make consistent care easier to keep up with a work or school schedule.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she help with?

She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, low self esteem, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include communication problems, guilt and shame, life purpose, post-traumatic stress, self-love, and young adult issues.

What is her therapy style like?

Her style is conversational and practical, focusing on small, achievable steps and tools clients can use between sessions. Sessions emphasize listening without judgment and working toward clear goals.

How much experience does she have?

She has six years of professional experience working in therapeutic settings. That experience has centered on mood, trauma-related, and life transition concerns.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is a California licensed marriage and family therapist, abbreviated as LMFT, and practices in California.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Different formats let people pick what fits their schedule and communication preferences.

How is cost handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing depends on the subscription plan selected.

How do I begin working together?

Start by clicking the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.

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Experience: 6 years
Licensed: California
Languages: English, Spanish