About Jane
Jane Winston Doman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California. She brings ten years of clinical experience and a calm, practical style to sessions. Jane aims to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and life transitions with clear, doable steps.
She chose therapy after a midlife career change and earned a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University in 1993. That background shaped a down-to-earth approach to counseling.
How Jane works
Jane has worked in community mental health and with adults caring for aging parents. In sessions she focuses on building a trusting, supportive relationship. Conversations are collaborative and paced to each person's needs.
Jane helps people identify coping strategies, sharpen communication, and regain a sense of direction. Her work draws on several methods, including Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Existential Therapy, the Gottman Method, and Mindfulness Therapy. She mixes these approaches to address depression, panic, relationship strain, caregiver stress, and questions about life purpose.
Jane also supports people facing family of origin issues, abandonment and codependency concerns, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and forgiveness work. She offers practical tools for managing anger, career stress, phobias, and the emotional weight of caregiving. Sessions use straightforward language and a focus on what helps in daily life.
People typically leave with specific strategies to practice between meetings and a clearer sense of next steps.
Jane lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Jane works with
The areas below are the ones Jane selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Online therapy using collaborative and practical approaches
Jane often uses Client-Centered Therapy, which centers the conversation on the person's concerns and supports them through active listening and empathy. This approach helps people feel heard and better able to identify what matters most to them.She also applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT can be useful for anxiety, panic, depression, and building specific coping skills.
Existential Therapy is another part of her work when people are facing big questions about meaning, life purpose, or the emotional issues of aging and caregiving. It encourages honest reflection about values and personal choices.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist and client work together to pick and adapt methods based on needs, goals, and what feels most useful. Sessions can shift over time as goals change and progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility and makes it easier to fit counseling into a busy life. Video calls let people use visual cues for deeper connection. Phone sessions can be a good option with limited bandwidth or when being off camera helps concentration. Live chat or text-based messaging works well for shorter check-ins, brief coaching, or people who prefer writing. Together these formats support ongoing work on stress, relationships, caregiving, grief, and daily coping.
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