About Derron
Derron Johnson is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) practicing in Illinois with five years of experience. He draws on training in psychology and trauma-informed care to help people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship conflict, and self-esteem struggles.
Background and approach
He blends practical counseling skills with evidence-based techniques to build insight, develop coping strategies, and support sustained personal change. Johnson’s style emphasizes empathy, authenticity, and acceptance while creating a clarifying, supportive environment.
He works with clients to identify underlying patterns such as attachment difficulties, family of origin issues, dissociation, or problems with impulsivity and substance-related behaviors. Practical methods such as cognitive-behavioral strategies and mindfulness-informed practices are used alongside trauma-specific interventions to address concerns like post-traumatic stress, process addictions, eating and food-related issues, self-harm, and feelings of emptiness.
Clients can expect a collaborative process focused on understanding presenting concerns, building skills, and setting achievable goals. Derron frames therapy as a partnership that aims to uncover difficult emotions, process past experiences, and move toward a more meaningful life.
Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care
Derron uses a mix of well-studied techniques to address trauma, mood, and relationship concerns. Cognitive-behavioral approaches focus on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression and improve daily functioning. Trauma-focused methods involve processing distressing experiences and building skills to manage post-traumatic stress and dissociation, helping clients reclaim safety and stability in their lives. He also incorporates mindfulness-informed strategies to increase present-moment awareness, improve emotional regulation, and reduce impulsivity.
Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey and Derron treats it as a collaborative process. He will work with each client to assess needs, goals, and preferences, then tailor interventions so the techniques match what the client finds most helpful. This partnership guides ongoing adjustments to treatment as progress unfolds.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit consistent care into a busy life. These formats allow regular connection with a licensed professional from different locations, support continuity of work between sessions, and offer multiple ways to communicate so clients can use the method that feels most accessible and effective for them.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Attachment issues
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English