Janet Guthrie, LCSW

Janet Guthrie is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Connecticut. She has eight years of experience providing psychotherapy for a range of life challenges. Janet aims to make people feel heard and to help them find practical ways forward.

Her manner is warm and interactive. She talks with clients respectfully and responds with sensitivity. Sessions focus on building clear goals and steps that fit each person’s life.

Janet uses cognitive behavioral therapy, client-centered methods, and dialectical behavior therapy among other approaches. She blends these styles to match what a person needs in the moment. Therapy might include learning new thinking skills, practicing emotion regulation, and trying small behavioral experiments between sessions.

She has worked with people facing anxiety, stress, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and substance use concerns. Parenting strain, relationship and intimacy issues, career stress, ADHD, and coping with life changes are also areas she addresses. Janet also supports people dealing with anger, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue.

People often come to her after difficult losses, major life transitions, or when long-standing patterns create pain. Janet focuses on clear steps, real-world tools, and steady support. Her goal is to help people build more manageable days and clearer choices for the future.

How therapeutic approaches work online

Janet commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy in sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking and acting to reduce anxiety and depression. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills to manage strong feelings and repeated patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Janet will collaborate with each person to identify goals and try methods that fit their needs and preferences. She adjusts the plan based on what helps, discussing options and trying different techniques together.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for many people. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quick check-ins, and text-based messaging can help sustain brief reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, maintain continuity during transitions, and choose a format that matches energy and scheduling needs.