Justina Janda, LCMHC

Justina Janda is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina with seven years of experience. She approaches therapy with warmth and a nonjudgmental attitude. Sessions focus on practical steps people can use to feel steadier and more in control.

Her work often centers on anxiety, depression, trauma and grief. She also helps with relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, career questions, and challenges related to ADHD. Clients bring issues like anger, low self-esteem, life transitions, and compassion fatigue.

Justina uses several clinical approaches to shape sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps break unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Attachment-Based and Client-Centered ideas guide how she listens and responds to relationship wounds and emotional needs.

Her sessions can include mindfulness practices to notice thoughts, feelings, and body signals. She blends these approaches into simple, doable strategies that fit daily life. The emphasis is on skills people can practice between sessions.

Outside of therapy, she spends time with her toddler, gardens, and studies how spirituality and psychology intersect. That curiosity informs a respectful, individualized style in sessions.

How these approaches translate to online therapy

Justina uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which often becomes a focus in short, practical exercises that can be done between sessions. Attachment-Based Therapy guides how she pays attention to relationship patterns and emotional safety, helping people understand how past bonds affect current connections. Client-Centered Therapy means sessions are paced by the person in front of her, with emphasis on listening and responding to what matters most to them.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She collaborates with each person to pick techniques that fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. That may mean trying CBT tools for worry, then adding attachment-focused conversations or client-centered reflection when helpful.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls support face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a break at work, and messaging or live chat can be used for brief updates or skill practice between meetings. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and to fit sessions into a busy life.