“Life is like a coin, you can spend it on anything you choose, however you can only spend it once, therefore make the most out of it.” – Candace M. Johnson. Candace Johnson brings 15 years of experience as a licensed mental health professional in Georgia and approaches care with a balance of clinical rigor and practical compassion.

She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from North Carolina Agriculture and Technical State University and completed a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology at Argosy University, Atlanta (formerly known as the Georgia Professional School of Psychology). Her clinical training included a psychiatric practicum at Emory Decatur Hospital in Atlanta, where she conducted psychiatric assessments for medical and mental health patients, provided crisis intervention in an emergency room setting, led psychoeducational groups, and developed ethical and effective clinical skills.

Candace’s professional background includes counseling individuals in acute inpatient psychiatric settings, providing in-person and telephonic crisis intervention, coordinating behavioral health services, and conducting comprehensive psychological assessments to evaluate safety. She has worked with children and adolescents, young adults, and general adult populations.

Her primary theoretical approach is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and she adapts therapeutic techniques to fit each person’s unique signs and symptoms. Candace emphasizes building a genuine professional therapeutic relationship as a core component of helping people create meaningful change. She is a licensed Professional Counselor in Georgia and focuses on a range of concerns including stress, anxiety, grief, intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, depression, addictions, LGBT issues, relationship and family conflicts, trauma and abuse, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue.