About Jane
Jane Rhea is a licensed clinical social worker with eleven years of experience supporting people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. She uses straightforward, people-focused methods to help clients clarify goals and make practical changes. Jane practices from Illinois and speaks English.
Her approach centers on listening and working with each person's strengths. She draws on client-centered techniques to build a cooperative relationship, and uses mindfulness to help manage overwhelming feelings.
Background and approach
Motivational interviewing and solution-focused tools are used to set achievable steps toward career or life goals. Jane has a long history of involvement with disability and neurodiversity communities. That experience shapes how she understands barriers people face at work and in daily life.
She supports people navigating ADHD, autism, chronic illness, traumatic brain injury, and related stressors. She also focuses on concerns common to LGBT clients, including identity-related stress and self-esteem. Career coaching and employment counseling are areas she frequently addresses, helping people connect work decisions to mental health and life purpose.
Sessions tend to be practical and goal-oriented. People can expect a mix of conversation, skills practice, and short-term planning. Jane adapts methods to each person’s needs and pace, with attention to minimizing overwhelm and building on what is already working.
How Jane Uses Practical Approaches Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following what matters most to the person. The therapist aims to build trust, reflect concerns back clearly, and help clients choose their own goals. This approach often helps people who want straightforward support and a collaborative space to think things through.Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and manage strong emotions. It can be helpful for anxiety, stress, and depression by giving tools to notice thoughts and bodily sensations without getting swept away. Motivational interviewing is a short-term conversational method that helps people resolve mixed feelings and find motivation to make changes, often used around career moves, health behaviors, or recovery from burnout.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try approaches, and adjust based on what feels most useful. That way clients help shape the plan and keep it aligned with personal needs and preferences.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and interpersonal connection. Phone works well when bandwidth is limited or a break from screen time is needed. Live chat and messaging allow brief check-ins, written reflections, and ongoing encouragement between longer sessions, making care easier to fit into busy lives.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English