I have been a Licensed Practicing Counselor for 10 years--working in both community and as a middle school counselor. My Bachelor's Degree was a double degree in Regular and Special Education, which I worked in for about 28 years before completing my Master's in Counseling, receiving my LPC and NBCC, and then working as a middle school counselor for 10 years. During those years, I also teamed with other counselors within the community working with family conflicts, adoption, child custody, and the foster care system (becoming a foster parent myself enabling me to understand the children, foster parenting, and the system). Part of my philosophy, concerning counseling, is that I can better enable and empower my clients if I have experienced some working knowledge of the feelings they experience in different situations. I retired six years ago but have decided to start counseling on-line because I truly miss working with teenagers and adults! My focus is on ADHD, OCD, traumatic brain injury, families, bullying, LGBT issue, abuse, neglect, and trauma, multicultural families, foster and adoptive families, separation and divorce, depression and anxiety.
Thank you for reading my profile and I look forward to the possibility of working, as a team, to relieve, empower and create a happier mind-set!
I basically focus on cognitive-behavioral therapy, client-focused, and brief therapy.
Additional areas of focus: LGBT, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Trauma and abuse, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Anger management, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Adoption and Foster Care, Antisocial Personality, Blended Family Issues, Body image, Commitment Issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Dependent Personality, Divorce and separation, Domestic Violence, Emptiness, Family Problems, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Immigration Issues, Impulsivity, Intellectual Disability, Isolation / loneliness, Multicultural Concerns, Obsessions, Compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Social anxiety and phobia, Traumatic Brain Injury, Women's issues, Young Adult Issues
Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy
WY LPC 880
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She is great!!!
Written on Mar 05, 2021 after therapy with Janet for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, anger management, coping with life changes, and adhd
Janet has made me feel so comfortable and seen in just a few sessions together. I’m looking forward to continuing to work with her.
Written on Feb 24, 2021 after therapy with Janet for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and eating disorders