About Janet
Janet Hughes offers straightforward, practical help for people who are overwhelmed, stuck, or trying to make a change. She meets people where they are and focuses on clear goals. Janet approaches sessions with empathy and a direct, collaborative style.
Janet holds an MD and is a licensed clinical social worker with licenses in multiple jurisdictions. She has over 21 years of experience working with depression, anxiety, addiction, trauma, and related concerns.
How Janet works
Her background includes supporting people through grief, relationship and intimacy issues, anger, and life transitions. In sessions she draws on cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness practices. She also uses motivational interviewing to support readiness for change.
That means sessions often include practical skill-building, short experiments between meetings, and attention to how thoughts, behaviors, and feelings connect. Janet also attends to identity and relationship diversity, including work around LGBT concerns and non-monogamous or polyamorous relationships. She helps people talk through sexual intimacy questions, self-esteem struggles, and career-related stress in straightforward terms.
Therapy with Janet emphasizes collaboration. Clients set the pace and goals, and she helps translate those goals into small, manageable steps. Her style is warm, transparent, and focused on helping people move forward.
Janet lists 3 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Registers | MD, LCSW-C, LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 21 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maryland |
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Online support options
Practical approaches for online therapy
Janet uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness therapy to address thoughts, feelings, and behavior in simple, actionable ways. CBT involves identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression. Mindfulness therapy teaches attention and breathing practices that help people notice stress and respond with less reactivity.She also draws on motivational interviewing to support people who feel unsure about change; that approach focuses on exploring ambivalence and building motivation in a respectful, collaborative way. Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Janet will discuss goals and preferences and adapt methods so they fit each person's situation.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video lets people work face to face, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text messaging helps maintain momentum between sessions. These options make it simpler to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, and travel while keeping sessions focused and practical.
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