Janet Ferrell, LPC

Janet Ferrell is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 37 years in mental health care. She has worked in inpatient and outpatient settings and has experience supporting people through addiction, trauma, grief, and mood challenges. Janet focuses on practical strategies that people can use between sessions.

Her approach is collaborative and individualized. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help people identify unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation and coping skills.

Janet often combines mindfulness and guided imagery with clear, step-by-step work. Sessions are paced to fit each person’s needs, whether someone wants skills for managing anxiety, help with sleep, or strategies for coping with life changes. She aims for straightforward conversations and actionable tools.

Her background includes work with adolescents and adults across a range of concerns. Typical issues she addresses include depression, bipolar mood concerns, addiction, relationship stress, parenting strain, and grief. Janet also supports people dealing with chronic illness, caregiver stress, body image, and identity-related struggles.

People who choose her tend to want both practical skills and space to talk about what’s hard. Janet emphasizes respect for each person’s values and life story. She encourages small, steady steps and focuses on what can change now.

Approach-driven care available online

Janet uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice thinking patterns that fuel stress or depression and to practice new behaviors that lead to different results. This approach is useful for anxiety, sleep problems, mood concerns, and managing everyday stress.

She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy to teach concrete emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills. Those tools are helpful when strong emotions, anger, or relationship conflict make daily life harder. Janet pairs these methods with client-centered listening to keep sessions focused on each person’s priorities.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Janet will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that fit their goals and preferences. She checks in about what is helping and adjusts the plan as needs change so therapy stays relevant and practical.

Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules and different life demands. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter check-ins, daily skills practice, or people who prefer typing to speaking. These options make it easier to maintain regular sessions and use new skills in real time.