About Janette
Janette Gunn is an LCSW who brings 24 years of clinical experience. She uses a calm, practical style to help people manage stress and anxiety. Janette focuses on safety, coping skills, and steady progress during hard moments.
Her early work in a domestic violence shelter shaped her commitment to sensitive, respectful care. She has many years working with teens in treatment foster care who survived severe trauma and abuse. That background informs how she listens and responds to people who have experienced loss, grief, or overwhelming events.
Background and approach
Janette blends several approaches to match what each person needs. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships shape feelings. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Elements of dialectical behavior therapy are used when people need skills for emotional regulation and distress tolerance. In sessions she keeps things collaborative and practical. Conversations center on clear goals and doable steps.
Tasks between sessions are often simple skill practices or short experiments to test new ways of coping. People come to her for anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, depression, and related concerns like isolation, life purpose, and social phobia. Janette works with each person to build a plan that fits their life and priorities.
How Janette’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Attachment-based work looks at how past relationships affect current feelings and connection. Online sessions can use these ideas to notice patterns in how someone relates and to try different ways of connecting in daily life.Client-centered therapy centers the person's experience and values. In remote sessions the therapist listens, reflects, and follows the client's lead to set goals and pace the work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on practical steps to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; it often includes short exercises and homework that fit well with video or messaging formats.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals, symptoms, and preferences, then recommend ways of working together. This is a collaborative choice and can change as needs evolve.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow a face-to-face conversation and screen sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, skill practice, or when a written record helps track progress. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or family routines.
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- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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