About Jeanette
Jeanette "Jan" Kaschmitter is a licensed mental health counselor with 25 years of experience working in Washington. She draws on straightforward, practical methods to help people manage stress and anxiety. Jan focuses on real-life problems like grief, trauma, relationship strain, parenting stress, and coping with major life changes.
Jan has worked in community mental health, inpatient psychiatric settings, and a tribal clinic. She spent many years in programs that combined mental health and substance-use care, though she is not credentialed in substance use.
Background and approach
Her background includes individual, couples, and group counseling for adults. Her approach is flexible. She uses techniques from client-centered care, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and motivational interviewing.
Sessions generally focus on clear goals, skills practice, and steps the client can try between meetings. Jan has additional training in grief and loss, trauma and sexual abuse, and co-occurring disorders. She helps people manage symptoms of depression, bipolar concerns, anger, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue, and she supports life transitions like divorce, caregiving, and midlife changes.
People who choose Jan can expect a collaborative style. She listens for each person’s priorities and adapts strategies to what works in their daily life. Her aim is to help people regain balance and move toward practical, achievable change.
How Jan combines practical methods with online care
Jan uses client-centered therapy to focus on each person’s priorities and values, helping them set goals and make decisions that fit their life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and improve mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jan collaborates with clients to choose which methods suit their needs and goals. She adjusts techniques over time based on what helps most, so the plan evolves with progress and setbacks.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video allows face-to-face conversation and skills practice. Phone sessions work well for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text-based messaging can support quick check-ins, reflection between sessions, or flexible communication when time is tight. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and to use skills in everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English
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