Dr. Melissa Johnson is a licensed clinical psychologist with a decade of clinical experience, including the provision of brief and long-term psychotherapy to adults and couples. She has a strong clinical background and interest in treating depression and anxiety, as well as issues related to gender and sexual identity, loneliness, dysfunctional relationship patterns, challenges related to life transitions, fertility, pregnancy and postpartum issues, and bi/multicultural identity issues.

Dr. Johnson believes that a safe, authentic, and trusting therapeutic relationship plays a key role in the healing, learning, and growing process. Her approach to therapy is relational, collaborative, active, and nonjudgmental. She values transparency and flexibility and encourages open and direct feedback from clients.

Dr. Johnson earned a MA and PsyD in clinical psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology in San Francisco. Her dissertation research focused on provision of gender-affirmative psychotherapy with gender-diverse children. She earned a BA in psychology with a minor in critical gender studies at the University of California, San Diego.

Dr. Johnson can provide therapy bilingually in Spanish and English.

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