About Janis
Janis Johnson is a licensed clinical social worker who uses a warm, listening approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and major life changes. She draws on 32 years of experience and a practical style that focuses on what helps in everyday life.
Janis has been a wife, a teacher, a mother, and a grandmother, and she brings that life experience into sessions. She often works with people facing depression, motivation struggles, self-defeating behaviors, and the aftermath of trauma.
Background and approach
Compassion fatigue and challenges that come with aging are also areas she supports. Her sessions are built around respect and sensitivity. She listens first, then helps people set clear, achievable goals.
Together she and the client create a plan that fits the person’s needs and daily life. Janis uses several therapeutic approaches to match the moment and the person. Examples include talking through patterns that keep someone stuck and practicing simple skills to manage mood and anxiety.
She also helps people look at life stories differently so they can try new choices. People who work with Janis can expect straightforward guidance and a focus on practical steps. Her aim is to help people feel more capable, find meaning, and move toward healing.
The work is collaborative and paced to the client’s needs.
Approaches for online care and practical change
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects concerns back, and helps people identify what matters most to them. This style helps when someone needs a calm space to sort through feelings and decide next steps.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going. Sessions involve identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying small, doable changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, low mood, and boosting confidence through practical exercises.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to pick methods that match goals, struggles, and personal preferences. That may mean combining listening-focused work with concrete CBT tools or narrative techniques that reframe difficult experiences.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are close to an in-person meeting, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat allow brief check-ins and flexible timing. These options give people ways to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep momentum between longer sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 32 years
- Licensed
- Utah
- Languages
- English