About Janina
Janina Scarlet is a California psychologist who helps people cope with stress, anxiety, grief, and major life changes. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions. Her approach aims to make difficult feelings easier to manage so everyday life feels more doable.
She brings 11 years of experience to sessions and centers care on trauma-informed principles. That means she pays close attention to how past hurts affect current reactions.
Background and approach
Janina also offers support around issues related to sexual assault, prejudice and discrimination, and challenges faced by LGBTQ people. In therapy she helps people build self-love and stronger communication habits. She works with concerns like panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, and the strain of chronic illness or chronic pain.
Sessions also address loneliness, guilt and shame, and the stress of adjusting to big life transitions. Janina uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts them to each person’s needs. She aims for clear goals and simple tools that can be practiced in daily life.
The tone in sessions is warm and direct, with an emphasis on safety and respect. People who reach out begin by describing their current problem and what changes they want. From there she helps shape a plan focused on realistic steps and gradual progress.
Janina practices in California and conducts sessions in English.
How evidence-based techniques work online
Janina uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on real-world skills and recovery. One common approach is trauma-informed therapy, which helps people understand how past events affect current reactions and teaches grounding and coping skills to reduce intense distress. Another key method involves anxiety-focused strategies that break down overwhelming thoughts and teach step-by-step exposure and relaxation techniques to lower panic and worry. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client review goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they try methods that fit the person’s life and adjust the plan as progress and needs change. Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help the work. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier when a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief updates, coping prompts, and continued support between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep continuity of care when travel or relocation would otherwise interrupt progress.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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