About Janet
Janet Jacobs offers calm, straightforward support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, or changes in life. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps that help clients feel steadier. Janet greets new clients with warmth and a clear focus on their goals.
Janet is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in Wisconsin with 28 years of experience. She listens for strengths in each person's story and uses those strengths as a starting point for change.
How Janet works
Sessions aim to build coping skills, boost self-esteem, and address relationship and intimacy concerns when they come up. Her work covers a wide range of issues including grief, trauma and abuse, addiction, eating and sleeping struggles, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people dealing with career stress, caregiver strain, chronic illness, and complex family dynamics.
Janet pays attention to both immediate problems and the patterns that keep them recurring. In sessions she helps people put together clear steps they can try between meetings. That can mean communication tools, ways to manage strong emotions, or strategies to shift unhelpful thinking and behavior.
Janet values collaboration and invites clients to shape the plan at every stage. Starting therapy with Janet begins with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that fits. She works with adults who want practical, steady help to get through hard periods and move toward lasting change.
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
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 28 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Wisconsin |
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Online support options
How Janet Uses Practical Approaches Online
Janet draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on real problems and clear strategies. One approach emphasizes skill-building for stress and anxiety management, teaching breathing, grounding, and simple behavioral steps to reduce overwhelm and improve sleep. Another approach targets mood and motivation by identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing small behavior changes to shift mood and daily routine. Finding the best approach is a team effort. Janet works with each person to pick methods that match their goals, comfort level, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan so it fits how a client is actually doing. Online delivery makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let the therapist and client meet face to face for deeper conversations, while phone sessions can work well when video isn’t practical or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging offer flexibility for shorter check-ins, homework support, or quick problem-solving between longer sessions. These options help people connect in a way that suits their schedule and daily routine.Start online instead of waiting
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