About Janet
Janet Van Natta is a licensed clinical social worker in Wisconsin with 26 years of experience. She offers steady, experienced support for people facing depression, anxiety, grief, and major life transitions. Janet prefers a calm, practical style that helps clients take small steps toward feeling better.
Janet helps people who struggle with low self-esteem, communication problems, and social anxiety. She pays attention to issues that come up in midlife and the emotional effects of aging.
Background and approach
She also addresses relationship stressors such as divorce, separation, and family conflict in one-on-one work. In sessions Janet listens closely and helps people sort through strong feelings. She focuses on building coping skills, improving communication, and finding ways to reconnect with purpose.
Conversations are grounded and straightforward, with a focus on usable strategies rather than long explanations. People turn to Janet for help with grief, seasonal mood changes, feelings of emptiness, guilt, or shame. She also supports those coping with control issues, isolation, or challenges tied to narcissistic dynamics.
The work can include reflecting on patterns and trying new behaviors between meetings. Janet offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. She uses a subscription model for sessions that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on availability.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Janet draws on commonly used, evidence-based techniques that focus on present difficulties and practical change. One approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce anxiety and low mood; it helps people feel less stuck and more able to manage daily stressors. Another approach centers on building coping skills and behavioral strategies - planning activities, improving sleep and routine, and practicing small communication changes to ease relationship tension and boost mood.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Janet will discuss goals, preferences, and life demands and then try methods that match what a person needs. She checks in regularly and adjusts strategies based on what works in real life.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video lets people keep visual contact and practice new communication skills. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and texting are useful for brief check-ins, written reflection, or times when typing feels easier than speaking. These options aim to make consistent care easier to maintain alongside everyday responsibilities.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English