About Janet
Janet Atkinson is a New York licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing anxiety, grief, relationship struggles, and depression. She brings a calm, respectful approach and aims to make conversations straightforward and useful for everyday life. She adapts sessions to each person’s needs instead of using one set plan.
Janet focuses on practical strategies and clear goals so people can try small changes between meetings. She values listening first and then offering tools that fit the person’s situation.
Background and approach
Her work draws on nearly three decades of experience as a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW. That background includes supporting people through trauma, loss, family stress, and challenges like sleep or eating problems. She also addresses work stress, compassion fatigue, and concerns tied to identity and relationships.
Janet uses a mix of approaches to help people manage symptoms and build skills. She may introduce cognitive techniques to shift unhelpful thoughts, skills from dialectical work to manage emotions, and solution-focused steps to move forward faster. Motivational conversations can help when making big life changes feels hard.
Sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different schedules. She works in English and practices in New York. Janet aims to empower people to make steady, realistic progress toward clearer goals.
How Janet’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person’s perspective and responding with respect and empathy. It’s about building a relationship where the person feels heard and decisions come from their goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. It can help with anxiety, depression, sleep, and compulsive behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills to manage intense emotions and improve relationships.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your concerns and goals, then suggest which tools to try first. Plans can change as progress is made, mixing elements from different methods to suit what works best for the person.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different routines. Video is good for fuller conversation and exercises that use visual cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can be used for brief updates, quick coaching, or when writing out thoughts feels easier. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Hoarding
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 29 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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