About Janelle
Janelle Butler is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, addiction, grief, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She also supports people facing parenting strain, career stress, body image struggles, chronic illness, and trauma-related issues. Janelle practices in Washington and communicates in English and American Sign Language.
Janelle uses straightforward, practical work in sessions. She helps clients notice patterns that keep them stuck and then tries different ways to change those patterns.
How Janelle works
Sometimes the work focuses on thoughts and behaviors, and other times it focuses on building emotional awareness and connection. Her background includes nine years of clinical experience, much of it in community mental health. That work exposed her to a wide range of life situations, pressing needs, and coping styles.
She draws on that experience when helping people set realistic goals and action steps. Therapy with Janelle often mixes skill practice and reflective conversation. She may introduce exercises to manage overwhelming emotions, improve communication, or reduce unhelpful thinking.
Sessions aim to create steady progress over time, not quick fixes. Clients can expect a calm, direct approach that balances support and challenge. Janelle emphasizes hope and practical change, helping people move from feeling stuck to making choices that fit their values and daily life.
She accepts international clients and offers multiple online session formats to fit different schedules and needs.
Janelle lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Janelle works with
The areas below are the ones Janelle selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English, American Sign Language |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Washington |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to a person and taking guided action toward those values while learning to accept difficult feelings. It can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and habits; it often helps with anxiety, low mood, sleeping, and coping skills. Attachment-Based Therapy centers on understanding relational patterns and how early connections shape current responses, which can aid people dealing with relationship stress, attachment concerns, and trauma.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to identify goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust the plan over time. This means methods may be combined or adapted as momentum and insight grow.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people use face-to-face interaction for skills practice and emotional work. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be useful for focused check-ins. Live chat or text messaging supports shorter updates, ongoing coaching, and moments when writing feels easier than talking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and keep continuity during changes in schedule or location.
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