About Janel
Janel Guinane helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, trauma, and relationship struggles. She also supports concerns like parenting strain, self-esteem, body image, eating issues, anger, career stress, and compassion fatigue. Janel practices in California and brings a practical, down-to-earth approach to sessions.
Janel earned a Bachelor of Social Work and then a Master of Social Work, and she holds an LCSW license in California. She has about ten years of formal clinical experience and many more years working in community programs.
Background and approach
Her background includes roles in residential programs and services for people facing homelessness and mental health challenges. In sessions Janel focuses on working with each person where they are. She uses client-centered listening to understand what matters most to the individual.
She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and motivational interviewing to help people change patterns and reach concrete goals. When trauma is part of the story, Janel uses trauma-focused methods and EMDR techniques to address painful memories and reduce their hold on daily life. She favors short-term, solution-focused work when that fits the person's needs and timeline.
The emphasis is on practical steps and steady progress rather than advice. Parents and caregivers can expect a calm, straightforward style aimed at clarity and doable strategies. Janel treats people as the experts in their own lives and acts as a guide and collaborator.
Her approach aims to build skills, reduce distress, and help people move forward after difficult events.
Therapeutic approaches that translate well online
Client-centered therapy places the person’s goals and choices at the center of work. It involves listening closely, reflecting what matters to the client, and shaping sessions around their priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing practical changes in behavior to reduce anxiety, depression, or stress. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a trauma-focused approach that helps process distressing memories through guided techniques aimed at reducing their intensity.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Janel will work together with each person to decide which methods fit best based on goals, the nature of the concern, and personal preferences. This collaborative planning can include combining approaches over time to match changing needs.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels. Video lets people connect face to face, phone works when bandwidth is limited or a hands-free option is needed, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and texting can help with ongoing, brief support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep momentum and fit therapy into daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English