Dr. Tanya Johnson, PhD, LMHC, NCC
Autism + ADHD Assessor // Gifted Profiling Evaluator | she/her
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Dr. Tanya Johnson offers the following Neurodiversity-Affirming services at Method Creative:
States of service: Florida + Washington (Client must physically be in these states at time of assessment) These services are specifically designed for adults/young adults who are highly verbal, curious about their own masking/neurodivergence in this area, and desiring a full clinical assessment. Dr. Johnson has completed training on autism assessment by, and is in consultation with, Method's founder, Lindsey Mackereth, MA, LPCC, LADC. |
Meet Dr. Tanya Johnson
My lived experience includes varying cultures, ideologies, relationships, geographies, and institutions. Raised as a devout Mormon with Cuban refugee mother and mechanical engineer American father in Salt Lake City, Utah, I currently live in Miami, Florida. My undiagnosed neurocomplexity fueled me through three university degrees, moving over twenty times in ten years across six states, and traveling to ten Latin American countries. I rediscovered my own neurocomplexity in my mid-30’s, after completing my PhD and building a career that flamed into burnout during the COVID pandemic quarantine period.
My professional experience ranges from my conservative Christian master’s degree and training from Liberty University and Brigham Young University Hawaii, to inpatient psychiatric stabilization centers in Dallas and Miami, community mental health in South Beach, managing a university training clinic while completing my PhD at Catholic Barry University, to Core Faculty at the one of the most progressive and liberal universities in the country, Antioch University Seattle. I have presented at over twenty national and international counseling academic conferences. Today, I split my time across teaching, clinical supervision and mentoring at Colorful Minds Collective, and assessment and counseling in my private practice, Evolve Counseling, in partnership with Method Counseling. I have completed training on Gifted Psychology and Gifted Profiling with Dr. Jennifer Harvey Sallin of Intergifted.
I have lived experience and clinical experience with some of the most fringe and common but unseen human stories - fundamentalist religion and faith crisis, cultural and parental alienation, covert relational abuse, intergenerational trauma, all amplified by unrecognized neurocomplexity.
Self-understanding and self-accommodation are vital aspects of growth - building a life that fits you, in an environment that suits and supports you. What if there’s nothing fundamentally wrong with you? What if you are just expecting your mind and body to behave out of character, in an unsupportive environment? I can help you untangle these threads, explore different perspectives and choices, build skills for self-awareness and healthy relational patterns, and adjust or accommodate your environment to support your unique needs.
Working with me is a mixture of laughter, tears, and deep existential exploration. I will always have several book recommendations on any topic we’re exploring. I am radically client-centered, meaning I am committed to helping all of my clients increase their self-confidence, self-knowledge, self-trust, and ability to assert their needs and communicate necessary relational boundaries. I have academic and clinical expertise, but you are the expert of your own lived experience.
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Dr. Tanya Johnson is a licensed mental health counselor with 15 years of experience in the mental health field as a psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, and counselor educator.
