Michaela Renee Johnson
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
15 yrs experience
Updated August 3, 2026 How we verify
About
Michaela Renee Johnson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT #90280) based in Lincoln/Auburn, California, practicing online with clients throughout the state. She has practiced for about 15 years, working with individuals and couples on relationship patterns, anxiety, trauma, and stress, and has a niche specialty working with pilots and other aviation/high-performance professionals. She is also a licensed pilot herself, an author of several self-help books, and host of the SkyTalkDoc podcast.
Services
- Couples counseling
- Women's issues
- Anxiety
- Relationship patterns
- Aviation professionals / pilots
- Sex therapy
- Narcissistic personality disorder
- Relationship issues
- Stress
- Trauma and PTSD
- Addiction
- ADHD/ADD
- Depression
- Bipolar disorder
- Grief
- Art therapy
- Attachment-based
- Christian counseling
- Emotionally focused therapy
- Equine-assisted therapy
- Experiential therapy
- Family/marital therapy
- Imago
- Interpersonal
- Jungian
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Relational
- Solution-focused brief therapy
- Trauma-focused
State licenses
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California · License #90280 · LMFT Current
expires 2027-11-30
Reputation
- Grow Therapy Rated 4.8 / 5 92 reviews
- Zocdoc Rated 4.8 / 5
- Zocdoc Rated 5 / 5
What clients praise
- Clients feel heard and not one-sided in sessions
- Solution-oriented approach with practical tools/handouts
- Strong clinical knowledge, explains the 'why' behind guidance
- Good bedside manner and responsiveness
In the field
Interviews
Books
Sources
The facts on this page are drawn from 12 public sources and independently fact-checked before publication.
Psychology Today directory
- Full name, credentials, license #90280, location (Lincoln, CA), specialties, issues treated, modalities, fees, session format, years in practice, education claims (psychologytoday.com)
- Direct headshot photo URL used as photo_url (photos.psychologytoday.com)
NPPES NPI registry
- NPI 1528341039, name Michaela Renee Johnson, credential LMFT, license 90280 (CA), taxonomy 101YM0800X, practice address 884 Lincoln Way Ste 42, Auburn, CA 95603, phone 530-401-3756, enumeration date 2011-09-21, sex F, status Active (NPI record) (npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov)
Healthgrades directory
- Education (Chapman University 2012, San Jose State 2001), Auburn CA address/phone, specialties, no reviews posted yet (healthgrades.com)
provider aggregator (npiprofile.com)
- Corroborates NPI 1528341039 record for Auburn, CA counselor (npiprofile.com)
Grow Therapy directory
- Insurance accepted: AmeriHealth Administrators, AmeriHealth NJ Medicare Advantage; rating 4.8/5 (92 reviews); bio on relationship neuroscience specialty and aviation-professional niche (growtherapy.com)
Zocdoc directory
- Listed profile in Lincoln, CA and separately in Auburn, CA; rating figures found via search snippet (page itself blocked, 403) (zocdoc.com)
provider personal/author website (7primalwounds.com)
- Bio: licensed psychotherapist and commercial pilot, creator of '7 Primal Wounds' framework, book titles, aerial book tour, social media links, contact WhatsApp 530-401-3756 (matches NPI phone) (7primalwounds.com)
Goodreads author page
- Author bio and book 'Teetering On Disaster', listed as licensed psychotherapist (goodreads.com)
Insight Timer profile
- Meditation teacher profile, Sacramento CA, joined April 2020, 468 followers, same bio/books (insighttimer.com)
podcast episode (Spreaker)
- Guest appearance as psychotherapist and licensed pilot, Feb 2025 (spreaker.com)
California Board of Behavioral Sciences
- Enforcement actions list checked; no direct hit found via general enforcement page (full per-license verification not completed, see data_quality.notes) (bbs.ca.gov)