About Janet
Janet Giles is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California with 21 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, relationship strain, grief, or trauma. Her style is straightforward and calm, aimed at making the first steps easier for someone who is unsure what comes next.
Janet draws on practical methods that help people manage strong emotions and build day-to-day skills.
Background and approach
She often uses cognitive behavioral ideas to spot and change unhelpful thoughts. Mindfulness practices are used to slow the body and mind when anxiety or anger feels intense. She also brings a strengths-based perspective that notices what is already working.
That can mean reinforcing small wins and building routines that reduce caregiver stress or ease communication problems. Janet adapts the work to each situation rather than following one fixed model. Her background includes clinical roles across several settings and teaching psychology courses as an adjunct professor.
Courses she taught include lifespan development, child and adolescent development, theories of personality, and psychopathology. This mix of teaching and practice informs a clear, down-to-earth approach to therapy. Outside of clinical work she uses creativity to support the therapeutic process; she is an artist who enjoys sewing, knitting, and chess.
Janet emphasizes a collaborative relationship and aims to help people move toward more manageable days and clearer priorities.
Practical approaches and online care that fit your life
Janet often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new ways of thinking and behaving. This approach is useful for anxiety, depression, and situations where thoughts feed distressing feelings. Mindfulness-based practices are another tool she uses to help calm the body and focus attention in the moment; these can reduce the intensity of strong emotions and make it easier to respond rather than react.She combines those methods with a strengths-based, client-centered stance that highlights what is working already. Figuring out the right mix is a collaborative process - the person and therapist work together to set goals, try approaches, and adjust based on what helps most. Janet tailors techniques to the issue at hand and to each person's preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls let people see facial cues and work interactively. Phone sessions can fit into a busy day or use less bandwidth. Live chat and messaging are helpful for shorter check-ins, processing between sessions, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options aim to make therapy more accessible and easier to fit into everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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