About Janette
Janette Mendez is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, and changes that feel overwhelming. She works with adults on issues like depression, self-esteem, parenting stress, workplace pressure, and sleep or eating difficulties. Her tone is practical and down-to-earth, aimed at people who need straightforward support for day-to-day struggles.
With ten years of experience, Janette uses approaches that match each person's needs. She draws on client-centered talk therapy to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space.
Background and approach
She also uses cognitive behavioral tools to help people find clearer thinking and healthier habits. Janette includes solution-focused planning to set small, achievable goals. She may use motivational interviewing to help people move past ambivalence and take steps they really want.
Hypnotherapy is also part of her toolkit when it fits a client’s goals and preferences. In sessions she tends to be goal-oriented and practical. Conversations focus on what is getting in the way now and on concrete steps to change.
Parents and caregivers can expect help with managing daily stress and balancing responsibilities. Her work also addresses trauma, grief, intimacy-related concerns, obsessive-compulsive patterns, panic, and attention-related struggles. She aims to empower people so they can use skills outside of sessions and see steady progress over time.
Approaches that fit into online care
Janette commonly blends client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to help people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, or life changes. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, respect, and building a trusting relationship so people can find their own solutions. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thought and behavior patterns and teaches practical skills to reduce worry, panic, or low mood.She also may use solution-focused steps to set short-term goals and motivational interviewing to help people move from thinking about change to taking action. Finding the right mix is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with a person about their goals and preferences and try approaches that match those needs, adjusting as progress happens.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people use visual cues and a longer conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat or text-based messaging works for brief updates, quick coping strategies, or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and help maintain continuity of care when in-person visits are not possible.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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