About Janice
Janice Ricks is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) based in Ohio with eleven years of therapy experience. She focuses on helping people cope with stress and anxiety, navigate grief and life transitions, and manage relationship and intimacy concerns. Janice emphasizes practical steps and steady support in therapy.
She writes plainly and listens closely to what matters to each person. Janice draws on down-to-earth methods to help people move forward.
Background and approach
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps clients notice values and commit to actions that matter. Client-centered work keeps the client’s goals at the center of each session.
People come to Janice with many issues, including depression, bipolar disorder, trauma and abuse, caregiver stress, and challenges tied to identity and intimacy. She also supports concerns like abandonment, body image, communication problems, and coping after separation or divorce. Her approach is gentle but goal-focused, so small steps add up over time.
Janice believes in people’s capacity to change and grow. She encourages a collaborative process where goals are clear and progress is tracked. Sessions can include talk, skill practice, and direct feedback to build new patterns.
She offers online options such as video, phone, live chat, and text messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Janice invites people to take the first step and find a working relationship that feels right.
How Janice uses therapeutic approaches online
Janice commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try small, practical behavior changes that reduce anxiety and improve mood. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients clarify values and take meaningful actions, even when uncomfortable feelings remain.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Janice will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. She views therapy as a collaboration and will adjust techniques to fit the client’s needs and pace.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules and different day-to-day needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to share progress, ask quick questions, or reflect between sessions without needing to be on camera. These options help therapy fit into life while keeping focus on the work that matters.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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