Jeanette Salinas, LCSW

Jeanette Salinas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with three decades of experience in California. She focuses on grief, loss, trauma, and major life transitions, and she aims to build a trusting relationship from the first session. Sessions move at the client’s pace and emphasize practical steps forward.

She has long experience supporting people through bereavement, including pet loss, and working with trauma and PTSD. She has also supported people living with bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and borderline personality concerns. Caregivers and those facing chronic or terminal illness are included in her practice focus.

Jeanette uses a mix of approaches to match the needs of each person. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CBT - is part of her toolkit for changing unhelpful thinking and behavior. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused techniques, and trauma-focused methods when they fit the situation.

Her style is steady and practical. She describes the therapeutic relationship as the first step and works collaboratively to set a comfortable pace. She has developed staged approaches for moving forward after major changes and loss.

Jeanette also supervises associate clinical social workers and marriage and family therapy interns as they pursue licensure. She offers services in English and is based in California, with options for remote work for international clients.

How her approaches work in online therapy

Jeanette uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change patterns of thought and behavior that worsen anxiety, depression, or grief. CBT often involves setting small goals and practicing new ways of thinking between sessions. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills, which can be useful for strong mood swings or intense reactions.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Jeanette will talk with the client about their goals, symptoms, and day-to-day life and together decide which methods make the most sense. She adjusts strategies over time based on what helps and what doesn’t, so therapy evolves with the client’s needs.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video lets people work face to face when possible, phone calls can fit in a lunch break or use less bandwidth, and chat or messaging supports quick check-ins or ongoing brief support. These options help make therapy easier to fit into a busy life and allow continued work through transitions and grief even when in-person visits aren’t possible.