About Janet
Janet Haywood is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in North Carolina. She brings ten years of clinical experience and a conversational style to therapy. Janet focuses on helping people understand symptoms, set goals, and find realistic steps forward.
She uses client-centered techniques that let people lead the work while offering structure when it helps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing are part of her approach.
How Janet works
Those methods are used to address anxiety, depression, grief, and stress in everyday terms. Janet has particular experience with postpartum depression, mood disorders, and caregiving stress. She also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care issues, end-of-life concerns, and the emotional impact of military service.
She draws on practical skills for anger management and crisis stabilization when needed. Sessions often focus on building clearer communication, improving self-esteem, and finding coping strategies for life transitions. Janet emphasizes steady progress rather than a quick fix.
She aims to create a nonjudgmental space where people can talk honestly and figure out next steps. Her background includes work across clinical settings, and she is licensed in North Carolina (LCSW) and South Carolina (LISW). Janet prefers a collaborative process that meets each person where they are and adapts methods to fit individual goals.
Janet lists 6 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.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Registers | LISW, LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches you can access online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person in front of the therapist, listening deeply and following the client's pace to identify goals and next steps. It helps when someone needs a supportive space to talk through feelings and make decisions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. It uses practical exercises to reduce anxiety, lift mood, and change unhelpful patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, adds skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness when stress or overwhelm is a problem.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before, then tailor methods collaboratively. This helps set realistic steps and keeps the plan flexible as needs change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people work face to face across distance. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework support, or when a shorter exchange fits a busy day. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy into different schedules and life demands.
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