About Janet
Dr. Janet Dean is a psychologist based in Kentucky who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and difficult life changes. She brings 28 years of experience to sessions and aims to make therapy a straightforward, supportive process for people feeling overwhelmed or stuck.
Her style centers on building a strong working relationship. She listens, asks simple questions, and helps clients notice patterns in their thinking and behavior. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to stay focused on each person's experience and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address unhelpful thoughts and habits.
Background and approach
Dr. Dean also works with concerns such as sexual identity questions, addictions, self-esteem struggles, and relationship difficulties. She supports people dealing with caregiver stress, codependency, and career or midlife crossroads.
Her background includes teaching psychology and training future counselors, which keeps her connected to current research and practices. Her academic work has involved research on sexual identity, faith, and counselor self-care, and she has published articles and a book on these topics. That mix of clinical work and teaching shapes a practical, down-to-earth approach to care.
In sessions she focuses on practical steps you can try between meetings. The aim is clearer thinking, fewer automatic reactions, and more choice in daily life. She welcomes conversations about goals and tailors the work to what each person needs.
How her approaches work in online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person's experience in simple, human terms. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and follows the client's pace to build trust and clarity. This method helps when someone needs acceptance, support, or guidance to sort out feelings.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Sessions involve identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying small, practical changes. CBT is often useful for anxiety, mood problems, and habits that get in the way of daily life.
Choosing the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and the problems they want to address. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video lets people work face-to-face when a more in-depth conversation is needed. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a faster check-in is needed. Live chat and texting are options for brief updates, mood check-ins, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep continuity when schedules change.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 28 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky
- Languages
- English
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