About Janet
Janet Siegel is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California with ten years of professional experience. She spent much of her career working in school-based settings and brings that practical experience into her current work. Janet aims to create a respectful and compassionate space for each person who reaches out.
She focuses on problems like stress and anxiety, low self-esteem, motivation, and relationship concerns. She also helps people dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, anger, and life transitions.
Background and approach
Parents can expect support with parenting-related stress and challenges, and she lists ADHD among her focus areas. Janet can include art-based activities as part of sessions when that approach fits a client's needs. That can help people express feelings that are hard to name in words.
She adapts conversations and plans to match each person's situation rather than using a one-size-fits-all method. Sessions are offered in English and take place with clients located in California. Janet notes her practice draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques and tailors them to each person.
She treats people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion throughout the process. Getting started involves selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. After that step, scheduling happens according to the therapist's availability and the subscription-based session structure.
Approaches, collaboration, and how online sessions help
Janet works from evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts them to a client's needs. One practical approach she uses is skills-based work for anxiety and stress - teaching breathing, grounding, and coping strategies people can use between sessions to manage symptoms. Another commonly used method is trauma-informed talking techniques that help people process difficult experiences at a pace that feels manageable.Finding the right fit is part of the process. Janet collaborates with each person to identify which approaches suit their goals, needs, and comfort level. She may blend talking and art-based activities when that helps someone access feelings that are hard to describe. Decisions about methods are made together and revisited as progress is tracked.
Online therapy offers flexibility and practical benefits. Video calls let people connect face to face without travel time, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not desired. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, written reflection, or staying connected between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit care into a busy day and to keep momentum as life changes occur.
Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
How would you describe her approach in sessions?
What is her professional background?
What are her credentials and where is she located?
Which languages does she use in sessions?
What session formats are available online?
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
How do I begin working with her?
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.