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Dr. Woodruff Johnson, Psychologist

Stress, Anxiety Trauma and abuse Grief Self esteem Depression
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About me

When I grew up, I always knew that I wanted to be of help to others and I knew that I wanted to be a psychologist. Also growing up in a big family taught me the importance and the value of working together, collaboration and the fact that no matter how much one knows about something we can always increase our knowledge. In fact, I can safely say that in most of my opportunities to help others, invariably I learned not only more about working with various issues and diversity of people but about myself as well. Over the years I have worked in many racial, ethnic, sexual orientation and diverse age communities across the country and over a wide range of issues and challenges spanning over 25 years. These include depression anxiety, trauma, and relationship issues. It takes a lot of courage to seek help and my approach Is highly collaborative where we will seek to venture down the pathway to healing and feeling better together. Regarding your challenges and discomfort, you are the expert I Am the partner with you and together we will forge a way out of what might seem like darkness into the light. I look forward to working with you.

Professional experience

26yrs in practice

Additional areas of focus: Addictions, LGBT, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Intimacy-related issues, Parenting issues, Anger management, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Attachment Issues, Cancer, Caregiver Issues and Stress, Commitment Issues, Communication Problems, Control Issues, Coping with Natural or Human-Caused Disaster, Dissociation, Fatherhood Issues, First Responder Issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and Shame, Men's Issues, Midlife Crisis, Mood Disorders, Multicultural Concerns, Panic Disorder and Panic Attacks, Post-traumatic Stress, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Prejudice and Discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Social Anxiety and Phobia

Clinical approaches: Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Hypnotherapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy

License information

CA Psychologist 27260

Reviews

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In all my years of therapy, Dr. Johnson is the first to truly allow me to be myself and at ease during our sessions. He also suggests realistic homework for me to be better.

Written on Mar 21, 2023 after therapy with Woodruff for 1 year and 7 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, and coaching

DR. Johnson is wonderful and listens to what I am saying. Thank you

Written on Feb 10, 2023 after therapy with Woodruff for 4 weeks on issues concerning depression, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, coping with life changes, and adhd

Dr. Johnson has been and currently is an incredibly positive impact in my life. Where I was 3 months ago seems like a vastly different person to who I am today. While I have put in that effort, Dr. Johnson is a guiding light and a force of optimism.

He provides a space of calm, inquisitiveness, guidance, self reflection, objectivity as well as a space to listen and work on oneself. I appreciate our lighthearted candor and joviality as much as my need for a space to be vulnerable and to glue my pieces back together.

Plus the dudes got an awesome voice, seriously it helps.

Written on Jan 27, 2023 after therapy with Woodruff for 6 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, parenting issues, self esteem, career difficulties, coaching, and adhd

I am a returning client to Dr. Johnson I look forward to our next sessions

I experienced Dr. Johnson really LISTENING to me & open to my feedback to him

Written on Jan 09, 2023 after therapy with Woodruff for 1 year and 5 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, anger management, and compassion fatigue

Dr Johnson, is a high effective therapist, his methods worked really well for me and I’ve grown so much since I started.

Written on Jan 03, 2023 after therapy with Woodruff for 5 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and coaching

I’ve gotten the perfect advice from dr johnson before and i appreciate him for helping me find my own way to sort my life problems :))

Written on Nov 15, 2022 after therapy with Woodruff for 1 year and 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, self esteem, and adhd