Janelle Alexander, LCSW

Janelle Alexander is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience working in mental health. She practices in Florida and brings a calm, matter-of-fact style to sessions. Janelle focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and challenges tied to relationships or trauma.

Clients often come for help with self-esteem, motivation, addiction concerns, anger, bipolar mood concerns, or compassion fatigue. She also supports people living with attention-deficit concerns and those dealing with the impact of abuse. Conversations are direct and practical, aimed at clear next steps.

Janelle uses an eclectic approach and draws on several methods to match each person’s needs. She integrates client-centered work with cognitive behavioral ideas and skills from dialectical behavior therapy. Mindfulness practices and relationship-focused strategies from the Gottman Method may also be included when helpful.

Sessions tend to focus on learning concrete skills, changing unhelpful thought patterns, and practicing new ways of relating. Janelle emphasizes respect, dignity, and compassion in every interaction. She aims to make the therapy process understandable and manageable for people who are feeling overwhelmed.

Taking that first step can feel hard, and Janelle recognizes the courage it takes to reach out. She works side by side with each person to set realistic goals and build practical strategies for everyday life.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Janelle often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT sessions usually include setting clear goals, practicing new skills between meetings, and tracking progress over time, which works well over video or text check-ins.

She also draws on client-centered therapy, which emphasizes listening, respect, and supporting each person’s goals. That approach creates space for people to guide the conversation and set the pace, whether on a phone call or during a messaging check-in.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and day-to-day needs, and then choose techniques that fit. Therapists adjust methods over time so the work stays useful and aligned with what matters most to the client.

Online options - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video is good for in-depth work and skill practice, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can be used for brief check-ins and planning between sessions. These formats help people stay consistent and make it simpler to use what they learn in real life.