Sharlene Johnson
Masters Level Clinical Intern, MMFT
Meet Sharlene Johnson, MFT Trainee
- Master’s-Level Clinical Intern, working toward MMFT at Mercer University School of Medicine (expected 2027)
- Gottman Level 1 Trained
- Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) Trained
- Certified Life Coach, International Association of Professional Recovery Coaches (IAPRC)
- American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists Active Member
- Georgia Association of Marriage and Family Therapists Student Committee Co-Chair
- Experience in corporate and entrepreneurship settings
- LGBTQIA+ affirming ally
- Couples Counseling Specialties Include: Communication Difficulties, Affair Recovery & Infidelity, Emotional Intimacy & Connection, Sexual Concerns & Intimacy Skills, Premarital Counseling, Blended Families, Interracial & Intercultural Relationships, Financial Infidelity & Financial Stress, Life Transitions, Attachment Wounds, Trauma’s Impact on Couples, Trust-Building
- Individual Counseling Specialties Include: Anxiety, Depression & Mood Disorders, Grief & Loss, Self-Esteem Work, Career Counseling & Entrepreneurship/Corporate Leadership Stress, Life Transitions, Women’s Issues, Childhood & Generational Trauma, Sexual Identity, Stress Management, Trauma
- Family Counseling Specialties Include: Family Conflict, Blended Family Dynamics, Parenting Concerns, Communication Patterns, Generational Trauma, Culture & Race in Family Systems
- Other Areas of Expertise: Life Coaching, Leadership & Career Transitions
About Sharlene Johnson
Sharlene Johnson is a Master’s-level Marriage and Family Therapy intern at The Marriage Point, working under the supervision of Lana Banegas, LMFT, CST. She is completing her Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy at Mercer University School of Medicine (expected 2027) and holds a Master’s in Information Systems from Kennesaw State University. She is also a Certified Life Coach through the International Association of Professional Recovery Coaches (IAPRC). Sharlene works with individuals, couples, and families and is comfortable across this full range of clinical work.
Clinical Focus
Sharlene’s style is warm, direct, and compassionate, and she adapts her approach to meet each client where they are. With couples, she focuses on emotional healing and vulnerability, helping partners uncover underlying needs, work through conflict, and rebuild intimacy and accountability. With individual clients, she listens with compassion and lets each person’s own needs guide the direction and pace of the work. With families, she creates a safe space for members to be vulnerable with one another while helping identify and shift the patterns that keep a family stuck.
Before coming to clinical work, Sharlene spent more than 15 years in corporate leadership and entrepreneurship, which gave her a firsthand understanding of how career, ambition, and organizational life shape family relationships and personal well-being. That experience, combined with years spent mentoring and coaching others, is part of what drew her to therapy: a chance to pair lived wisdom and relatability with clinical training, and to do intentionally what she had already spent years doing informally — helping people find their way to a steadier sense of peace, whether within themselves, with a partner, or within their household.
Outside of the therapy room, Sharlene is a lover of live music, a self-described foodie, and deeply values time with family and friends. She holds her roles as a mother, wife, daughter, and friend close — while also making space to simply be herself.
Fee & Insurance Information
Sharlene does not directly participate with any insurance network. However, she is able to provide you with all the necessary paperwork to be submitted to your insurance company for reimbursement.
Are you an existing client? Follow this link to schedule your next appointment directly through Sharlene’s scheduling service. Are you a new client? Follow the link below to request an appointment or contact us at (770)316-0813
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