About Janice
Janice Susman is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 30 years of practice in California. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety and supports work through relationship tension and low self-esteem. Her tone is straightforward and practical, aimed at people who want clear steps and realistic goals.
Janice listens first to understand each person's story and strengths. She treats clients as the experts on their own lives and helps them build on what already works.
Background and approach
Sessions often center on identifying small changes that reduce worry and improve daily functioning. Her work commonly addresses depression and the emotional fallout from life changes. She also helps with issues such as communication problems, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, and isolation or loneliness.
Social anxiety, phobia, and challenges around life purpose and self-love are within her focus. Janice uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which means she helps people notice thinking patterns that feed anxiety or low mood and try new behaviors to break those patterns. She offers practical tools to test different approaches between sessions and tracks progress over time.
People who choose Janice often want direct guidance paired with respect for their pace. She aims to build confidence and coping skills so daily life feels more manageable. If someone is ready to take a first step, she supports scheduling and the initial planning process.
How CBT and online sessions work together
Janice uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. CBT helps with worry, panic, low mood, and the ways thinking patterns keep problems going. She uses simple exercises and homework to practice new skills between meetings.Finding the right approach is something she works through with each person. The therapist and client decide together what to try first, check how a method is working, and adjust plans as needed. That collaborative process helps tailor strategies to real-life goals and routines.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people use visual cues and have longer conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is an issue. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, ongoing support, or when someone prefers writing their thoughts. These options make it simpler to fit sessions into a busy life while keeping the focus on concrete CBT tools and steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
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- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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