Compassionate Trauma Care.
Holistic Healing: EMDR, Brainspotting, and more.
About Our Trauma Support
Meet Paula Johnson
Welcome—and thank you for taking the time to learn more about me. I’m truly honored you’re here.
If you’ve been feeling stuck in traditional talk therapy without seeing the results you hoped for, you’re in the right place. My approach goes beyond simply talking about problems—I am committed to helping you experience meaningful healing and lasting change.
Helping others has always been at the heart of my work. Before becoming a counselor, I spent 25 years in the corporate world supervising, training, hiring, and leading teams. I loved supporting people in reaching their full potential, but after years of 80-hour workweeks, I knew I was being called toward something deeper and more purpose-driven.
I discovered my passion for counseling while volunteering at a crisis center. In that role, I witnessed the power of compassionate support during life’s most difficult moments. I realized that if I could do this work full-time, I would consider it an honor.
As a trauma survivor and thriver myself, I understand both the pain and the possibility that come with healing. My mission is to help other trauma survivors not only recover—but truly thrive.
If you’re ready for a new path forward, I would be honored to walk alongside you.
Welcome. Your healing journey starts here.
Collaborative Trauma Care
Collaborative Trauma Care
Collaborative Trauma Care
I work well with other therapists, health professionals, and other professionals who have experienced relationship issues with their supervisors. Additionally, I work with neurodivergent clients because, I am neurodivergent. I am trained in several different therapies because each person has a unique story with unique struggles and symptoms. Shrek said it well with "Ogres are like onions, they have layers. "I am not saying people are onions however, our lives are complicated with lots of layers and each person is unique. I like Shrek's analogy because it keeps me curious as a helper and as a therapist. If I remain curious, I am not assuming I know everything about the client in my office. This is how I like to approach therapy. Our brain has the capacity to heal but sometimes the brain gets stuck in patterns, behaviors or memories.
I have years of experience that I bring to the therapy room. My experience includes but not limited to: Department of Child Safety, community mental health, inpatient hospital setting, intensive outpatient groups, PHP substance use treatment setting, Veteran and police services provider and private practice setting. If you are curious about me, reach out. We can have a conversation. I offer an complimentary 15 minute phone consultation. Good luck in your journey! I wish you healing in whatever capacity that may be.
EMDR for Trauma
Collaborative Trauma Care
Collaborative Trauma Care
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a powerful method of psychotherapy that has helped an estimated two million people of all ages relieve many types of psychological distress. It has been proven effective for alleviating symptoms of traumatic stress or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). EMDR, when done properly, is never about jumping right into the trauma story. It is a process that starts with building skills to be able to experience unpleasant and unwanted sensations associated with trauma and stress without becoming overwhelmed or reactive to them. I am certified in EMDR and a consultant-in-training for EMDR. For more information visit www.EMDRIA.org.
Brainspotting & DBR
Collaborative Trauma Care
Brainspotting is a powerful, focused treatment method that works by identifying, processing and releasing core neurophysiological sources of emotional/body pain, trauma,
dissociation and a variety of other challenging symptoms. Brainspotting is a simultaneous form of diagnosis and treatment, enhanced with Biolateral sound, which is deep, direct, and powerful yet focused and containing.
Brainspotting is effective for a wide variety of emotional and somatic conditions. I am certified in Brainspotting and a consultant-in-training for Brainspotting.
Resource: www.brainspotting.com
Deep Brain Reorienting is a trauma psychotherapy. DBR aims to access and process traumatic experience by tracking the original sequence of physiological responses that occurred when the deep brain had been alerted to a threat or an attachment disruption. I am trained in level 2 of deep brain reorienting.
Resource: www.deepbrainorienting.com.
Schedule a Free Session
Schedule a Free Session
Schedule a Free Session
Schedule a Free Session
Call me for a complimentary 15 minute consultation to see if we are a good fit.
480-772-6965.