About Janice
Janice McDermott is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 31 years of practice experience. She has worked across outpatient and inpatient mental health settings, addiction recovery centers, public and charter schools, and independent practice. Janice recently retired from supervising new social workers as they completed licensing requirements.
She also authored books about healing and self-management. Janice focuses on helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and life changes. She supports work on self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, relationship concerns, and career questions.
How Janice works
She also addresses addictions, trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, and ADHD-related struggles. Her approach begins where the person is. Sessions are shaped by what the individual says they need.
She listens for the parts of a person that already know what matters and helps those parts find a voice. Janice uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and Existential Therapy. She draws on what fits best for each person rather than following a single method.
People can expect practical, step-by-step work aimed at small changes that add up over time. Janice emphasizes progress rather than perfection and helps people ground themselves through everyday senses and actions. She offers sessions for a range of life concerns from parenting and blended family issues to aging and forgiveness work.
Sessions are conducted in English and take place with consideration for each person’s goals and pace.
Janice lists 13 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
What Janice works with
The areas below are the ones Janice selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 31 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Mississippi |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while still moving toward what matters in life. It is useful for anxiety, stress, depression, and making values-based choices. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on empathetic listening and supporting a person's own pace of growth; it helps when someone needs a nonjudgmental space to clarify goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at patterns between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals, try different ways of working, and adjust methods to fit your needs and preferences. The aim is to find an approach that feels helpful rather than sticking rigidly to one model.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversations; phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins or coaching-style exchanges between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving schedules and to maintain continuity over time.
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