Janet Natale, LMFT

Janet Natale is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 31 years of clinical experience in California. She draws on decades of work in private practice, schools, and community programs to help people handle stress, anxiety, addiction, and relationship struggles. Janet speaks English and accepts international clients.

Her style is straightforward and strengths-focused. She helps people notice the skills they already have and build on them. Sessions aim to uncover what gets in the way and then try practical ways to change habits and reactions.

Janet uses a mix of approaches, including cognitive behavioral therapy, client-centered work, dialectical behavior strategies, emotionally-focused ideas, and existential perspectives. She adapts these methods to fit goals like coping with grief, managing mood disorders, improving communication, or dealing with major life changes.

Her background includes counseling individuals, working in school settings, and providing services in community programs. That breadth of experience informs how she addresses issues related to adoption and foster care, blended family concerns, aging, and substance use. Janet also supports people facing identity questions such as gender dysphoria and LGBT-related concerns.

Many sessions are practical and skill-based. People can expect collaboration on goals, concrete tools to try between sessions, and check-ins about what is or isn't working. The emphasis is on usable strategies to reduce distress and strengthen relationships.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Janet often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try practical behavior changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, mood struggles, and developing new coping skills. Client-centered therapy is another part of her work, which focuses on listening, empathy, and helping people make their own choices about goals and next steps. That approach supports people who want a collaborative, accepting space to sort things out.

She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy techniques when people need concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving relationships. Those skills can be practiced in session and between appointments to manage intense emotions or reduce impulsive behavior. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process - Janet works with each person to decide which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences so treatment stays practical and manageable.

Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone can be a lower-bandwidth alternative, chat works for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options offer flexibility for scheduling, different communication styles, and ways to practice skills in real time or during daily routines.