Bio

• Philosophy
• Background

Johanna received her Master's degree in Clinical Psychology and completed 5 years in the Clinical Psychology PhD program at Georgia State University. She started private practice immediately out of school and has been practicing for over 12 years. During her doctoral program, she worked at Grady Hospital, leading groups to individuals suffering from severe mental disorders, Atlanta Center for Eating Disorders, an outpatient eating disorder facility in which she provided individual as well as many different group therapies to clients suffering from eating and other related disorders, and Emory University's Counseling center, where she counseled undergraduate and graduate students with an array of mental health concerns. Johanna also worked at the Regents Center for Learning Disorders for two years, where she provided comprehensive neuro-psychological evaluations to college students, assessing for learning disabilities and writing reports to submit for academic accomodations, so she is intimately familiar with how to identify, diagnose and distinguish amongst learning disabilites. Johanna also worked at the Georgia State University Psychology Clinic for three years, providing long-term individual counseling services to members of the community. She has numerous publications centered around Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the treatment of eating disorders, body dysmorphic disorder, anxiety, depression and chronic pain.