Janet Wise, LCSW

Janet Wise is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 30 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, and midlife transitions. She offers calm, practical support for depression, relationship strain, addiction concerns, parenting stress, and life changes. Her work often includes people facing chronic illness and those recovering from physical or psychological trauma.

Janet uses straightforward methods to help clients set goals and move toward them. She draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to identify unhelpful patterns and build new coping skills. Mindfulness practices are used to reduce overwhelm and bring attention back to the present moment.

Her style is warm and respectful. Sessions focus on what matters to the person in front of her, not on a one-size-fits-all program. She emphasizes collaboration, asking questions, and finding small, doable changes that fit daily life.

Janet also brings pastoral counseling experience and past work supporting people in hospital settings with grief and crisis. That background informs her approach to loss and bereavement, especially when loss feels sudden or unresolved.

Outside clinical work, she teaches yoga, Enerchi (a Tai Chi form), and cardio-fitness. These activities inform her belief in addressing mind, body, and spirit as part of recovery and growth.

Therapeutic approaches you can use online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without getting stuck in them and focuses on taking actions that match personal values. It is often useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to change patterns that cause distress. It is commonly used for mood, anxiety, and sleep problems.

Mindfulness Therapy brings attention to the present moment through simple practices that reduce overwhelm and improve self-awareness. These techniques can help with stress, emotional regulation, and managing cravings or impulsive responses.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Janet will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. She adapts strategies over time based on progress and feedback.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online work can make care easier to fit into daily life and allow for shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also reduce travel time and let people use quieter surroundings, lower bandwidth, or audio-only options when that helps them stay engaged.