About Janet
Janet Bein-Hickey is a licensed marriage and family therapist with more than 25 years of experience. She helps people facing relationship strain, grief and loss, self-esteem struggles, motivation challenges, and major life changes. Janet focuses on practical support and coaching to help clients take the next steps toward a more satisfying life.
Janet aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where people can share thoughts and feelings. She listens closely and helps clients clarify what matters most to them.
How Janet works
Her approach emphasizes collaboration and real-world steps that fit each person’s life. Janet uses a mix of methods drawn from client-centered therapy, motivational interviewing, psychodynamic ideas, and Internal Family Systems. That blend lets her address both present-day choices and the deeper patterns that shape them.
She explains options plainly and works with clients to choose what feels most useful. Common areas she focuses on include caregiver stress, commitment and communication problems, family of origin concerns, hospice and end-of-life counseling, midlife transitions, postpartum depression, post-traumatic stress, women’s issues, and workplace problems. Janet adapts her work to the concern at hand and to each person’s pace.
Her style is supportive and practical. She helps clients set achievable goals and practices small changes between sessions. Janet guides people toward clearer decisions, steadier coping, and more confidence as they move forward.
Janet lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Janet works with
The areas below are the ones Janet selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
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Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online work
Client-centered therapy puts your experience at the heart of sessions. The therapist listens without judgment, reflects what she hears, and helps you shape goals that matter to you. This approach is useful for relationship concerns, self-esteem work, and grief support.Motivational interviewing focuses on your own reasons for change. It helps when motivation feels mixed or when making a new decision feels hard. The method uses questions and reflection to strengthen commitment and clarify next steps.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Janet will discuss different methods and tailor the plan based on your needs, goals, and preferences. This is a collaborative process where your feedback guides adjustments over time.
Online formats offer practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation across distances. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when you prefer not to use video. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, and flexible contact between longer appointments. These options aim to make therapy easier to fit into work, caregiving, and everyday life.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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