Janna Means, LPC

Janna Means is a licensed professional counselor in Mississippi who helps people facing grief and major life changes. She draws on more than two decades of mental health work to guide clients through loss and adjustment. Her approach is direct and steady, aimed at small steps that add up over time.

Janna prioritizes practical strategies that people can use between sessions. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on how thoughts and behaviors affect mood. Sessions often include identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying new ways of responding to difficult emotions.

Her background includes long experience in hospice and end-of-life counseling and work with caregiver stress. She also has experience related to autism, Asperger syndrome, and intellectual disability concerns, and she supports people managing those challenges alongside grief or life transitions.

Janna believes personal change requires both commitment and realistic pacing. She encourages clients to take responsibility for small actions and to build on their existing strengths. The goal is steady progress rather than quick fixes.

People who choose her can expect calm, straightforward conversation and tools they can practice on their own. She respects each person’s story and works collaboratively to map out manageable steps toward feeling more able to cope.

CBT-based care for grief and life changes online

Janna often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people understand how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. CBT sessions focus on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns, testing new ways of responding, and building everyday habits that reduce distress. This approach is often useful for managing grief reactions and adjusting to major life changes.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will work with each person to decide which strategies fit their situation, goals, and comfort level. That collaborative process may lead to trying CBT techniques alongside coping-focused conversations and practical problem solving.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into a busy life. Video lets people maintain face-to-face interaction, phone calls can be quicker check-ins or work better with limited bandwidth, and chat or messaging can be useful for brief updates or those who prefer writing. These options make it simpler to attend sessions from different locations and schedules while keeping therapy consistent and focused on progress.