Melissa Pitts Johnson
Experienced LPC focused on practical change
LPC Oklahoma
- Experience
- 16 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Depression
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Melissa
Melissa Pitts Johnson is an Oklahoma Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 16 years of clinical experience across community mental health, tribal behavioral health, and independent practice settings.
Background and approach
She supports people managing stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, depression, grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and family challenges, self-esteem and life transitions. Her practice also addresses a broad range of related concerns such as panic, bipolar symptoms, codependency, domestic violence recovery, and multicultural issues.
Her approach blends evidence-informed methods with a warm, client-centered stance. Melissa often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques to help clients identify unhelpful patterns, build practical coping skills, and set achievable goals.
She aims to establish an open space for exploring thoughts and emotions without judgment, and she sometimes integrates mindfulness and yoga-informed practices to support grounding and body awareness. Clients work collaboratively with her to clarify priorities and develop steps toward greater wellbeing and purpose.
Melissa emphasizes empowerment, practical strategies, and personalized pacing so each person can move forward at a rate that fits their needs and values.
Practical approaches for online healing and growth
Melissa frequently uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients notice and change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns; this approach is often applied to anxiety, depression, panic, and many stress-related problems by teaching concrete skills and behavioral experiments. She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes listening, empathy, and building a trusting relationship so clients can explore their values and emotions at their own pace. In addition, Mindfulness Therapy techniques are woven in when useful to increase present-moment awareness, reduce reactivity, and support emotional regulation.
Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Melissa collaborates with each person to determine which methods fit their goals, preferences, and life circumstances, adjusting strategies as progress and needs evolve. This collaborative stance helps ensure therapy feels relevant and achievable for each client.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it easier to access consistent support from licensed professionals without commuting, and they allow practical, skills-based work to continue between meetings through messages or brief check-ins when helpful.
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Experience
16+ years
Licensed
Oklahoma
Languages
English