Janetta Berry- Sissoko, LPCC, LCPC

Janetta Berry- Sissoko is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. She offers straightforward support and practical tools to manage strong emotions and everyday pressures. Her approach focuses on small, useful steps that can fit into a busy life.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Sessions often include identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing new ways to cope. Clients can expect clear, goal-oriented work and strategies they can try between meetings.

With ten years of experience in behavioral health, she draws on a range of settings and client concerns to inform her work. That background helps her tailor plans to each person rather than use a one-size-fits-all method. The result is a balance of structure and flexibility.

Janetta aims for a warm and respectful atmosphere in sessions. She listens closely and helps people set realistic goals. Her style is collaborative - clients have an active role in shaping what they want to change.

She supports people dealing with relationship strain, grief, sleep problems, parenting stress, career pressure, addiction struggles, bipolar mood challenges, and compassion fatigue. Janetta meets clients where they are and works with them to build coping skills, improve mood, and handle life changes more effectively.

How CBT and online sessions work together

Janetta uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) as a central approach. CBT helps people notice and test unhelpful thoughts and build new behaviors that reduce distress. It works well for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, anger, and many day-to-day stresses.

The therapist will collaborate with each client to find the best mix of methods. That means choosing which CBT techniques to try and when to adapt the plan. Clients take an active role and get practical exercises to practice between sessions.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video calls are useful when visual cues matter and a fuller conversation is needed. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or a better fit when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging let clients communicate in brief moments during the day and review notes in writing.

These options make it easier to schedule regular work on CBT skills. The therapist and client decide together which format best supports the goals, whether that is weekly skill practice, short check-ins, or a mix of formats to match changing needs.