About Janet
Dr. Janet Dean helps people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and issues tied to identity and behavior. She is based in Kentucky and brings 28 years of experience as a practicing psychologist.
Her approach blends a focus on the person with practical strategies to handle everyday problems. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to build a respectful, nonjudgmental working relationship. That means she listens closely and follows each person's pace while they talk through what matters most.
How Janet works
She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at thoughts and behaviors and how changing them can reduce symptoms and improve functioning. Dr. Dean has a background in higher education and research.
She teaches psychology at the college level and mentors graduate students who are training to become counselors. Her research has examined sexual identity and faith, counselor self-care, and links between faith and mental health, and she has presented and published on those topics. Sessions focus on identifying practical steps clients can try between meetings.
She helps people develop coping skills for grief, mood disorders, addiction-related concerns, caregiving strain, and career or life transitions. She also works with people facing issues such as guilt, shame, isolation, and commitment or control struggles. Dr.
Dean holds the license KY Psychologist 129393. She offers sessions in English and provides a mix of conversation, skill-building, and problem-solving to help people find more balance and purpose.
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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.
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | KY Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 28 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Kentucky |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a respectful, accepting relationship. The therapist listens with curiosity, follows each person's concerns, and helps them name what matters most. This approach supports people working through identity, grief, and relationship questions because it centers the person's own goals and pace.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors influence feelings. It involves setting clear goals, testing new behaviors, and practicing skills between sessions to reduce anxiety, depressive symptoms, and problematic habits. CBT is well suited to online work because homework and behavioral experiments can be assigned and reviewed remotely.
Finding the best approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust based on what helps. Clients and the therapist collaborate to decide whether to emphasize person-centered listening, CBT skill-building, or a mix of both.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and chat or messaging suits quick updates or ongoing reflection between appointments. These options provide flexibility for different schedules and needs while keeping therapy consistent and accessible.
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