About Janice
Janice McDermott is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 31 years of practice. She uses her long experience to guide people through stress, anxiety, grief, and life transitions. Janice writes plainly and focuses on helping people make practical changes they can actually use day to day.
She has worked in outpatient and inpatient mental health settings, addiction recovery centers, public and chartered schools, and independent practice. Janice also spent time supervising new social workers as they prepared for licensing.
Background and approach
Her background includes work with a wide range of concerns including relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strains, career questions, and compassion fatigue. In sessions she starts where the person is. Janice listens first, then helps name small, achievable steps toward change.
Conversations often focus on identifying what matters to the person and finding ways to act on those values. When someone is unsure about the next move, she helps them locate that inner sense of direction and bring it forward. Her approach blends practical tools and empathic listening.
She uses methods like cognitive behavioral ideas and acceptance-based work to shift unhelpful patterns. People also work on emotional connection and meaning when that will move them forward. Janice has written books about healing and mind-body change and finds satisfaction in helping others gain confidence.
She works with people who want steady, thoughtful support for anxiety, depression, addictions, and a broad set of life challenges.
How Janice’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice what matters to them and take small actions toward those values even when feelings are uncomfortable. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and life changes because it emphasizes meaningful steps over perfect feelings.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. Sessions often include practical exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and develop healthier habits for mood and anxiety management.
Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person’s own goals and pace. The therapist listens closely and reflects what matters to the client so they can find their own direction and build confidence.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Janice will collaborate with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and comfort level. That means trying strategies, checking what helps, and adjusting as progress unfolds.
Online sessions offer flexibility and practical benefits. Video calls let people maintain face-to-face conversation without travel. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging support quick check-ins, ongoing coaching, and moments when writing feels easier than speaking. Together, these options help people fit therapy into busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Experience
- 31 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi, Louisiana
- Languages
- English
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