About Janet
Janet Craig is a licensed clinical social worker with 35 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, parenting challenges, and relationship concerns. She works with individuals facing mood struggles such as depression or bipolar symptoms and supports people dealing with trauma, ADHD, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, and big life changes. Janet keeps things straightforward and practical in sessions.
She listens closely and helps people name what is causing pain.
Background and approach
Together they set small, realistic goals and try steps that can fit into daily life. Her style is warm, respectful, and down-to-earth. Her background includes work in child welfare, hospice, and school settings in Illinois.
That variety shaped her skill helping parents, supporting bereavement needs, and assisting people coping with chronic illness or caregiving stress. She draws on long experience rather than quick fixes. Janet often blends acceptance-based and client-centered ideas with mindfulness and solution-focused practices.
This means she helps people notice thoughts and feelings without judgment, clarify values, and try practical strategies for immediate problems. Sessions focus on what the person wants to change and steps that feel doable. People who reach out to Janet typically want a steady, compassionate partner while they work through tough moments.
She helps parents navigate adolescence, supports people through losses, and coaches those seeking clearer direction in midlife or career shifts. Her approach aims to make daily life more manageable one step at a time.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Janet often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy in her online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck and focus on actions that match their values. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and building a trusting relationship so people can find their own solutions.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Janet works with clients to figure out what fits their needs and goals. She adjusts methods over time and checks in regularly so the plan stays useful and realistic for each person.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer flexibility for brief updates or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep work moving forward between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also works with
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English