About Janis
Janis Johnson is a licensed clinical social worker with 32 years of experience helping people manage anxiety, stress, and life transitions. She offers steady, practical support and listens closely to concerns about mood, confidence, and coping.
Janis draws on a long career that includes roles as a teacher, a wife, a mother, and a grandmother, and she brings that life experience into her work. Janis works with people who face depression, low self-esteem, and motivation struggles.
Background and approach
She also supports those dealing with compassion fatigue, caregiver stress, and the emotional effects of major life changes like divorce or separation. Her practice includes help with trauma reactions, post-traumatic stress, and issues such as social anxiety and self-harm. Her approach is straightforward and person-centered.
She uses Client-Centered Therapy to build a respectful, listening relationship and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Mindfulness and Narrative Therapy tools are used to help people stay present and reframe difficult stories about themselves. Janis emphasizes practical steps and a collaborative plan.
Together with each person she develops goals and small actions that fit daily life. She focuses on realistic strategies for managing stress, mood, and problem-solving around money, parenting strain, or family of origin issues. Janis practices in Utah and holds the credential LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Sessions are offered in English, and she provides several online formats to suit different needs.
How Janis uses therapy approaches online
Janis uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a respectful, listening space where people feel heard and can set their own goals. This approach focuses on understanding each person's experience and responding with empathy, which can help when anxiety or low self-esteem make it hard to trust the process.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a practical method that looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. CBT helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns, test new behaviors, and build small changes that reduce anxiety and improve mood.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Janis will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and adjust methods over time. She works together with clients to choose techniques that fit daily life and to set achievable steps between sessions.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can fit into a break from work, live chat can be a quick check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These formats make it easier to keep consistent progress without long commutes or scheduling conflicts.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 32 years
- Licensed
- Utah
- Languages
- English
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