About Janice
Janice Doan uses a warm, interactive approach grounded in client-centered care. She is an MD and a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW-C, with 22 years of experience. Janice focuses on practical strategies to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma.
She writes short, direct plans so parents can follow them easily. Janice blends cognitive behavioral tools with dialectical behavior ideas and mindfulness. Sessions often include simple skill practice for managing strong feelings and improving everyday thinking.
How Janice works
She tailors conversations and homework to each person's situation so the work fits real life. Her background includes many years supporting people affected by trauma and abuse, including domestic violence. That experience informs how she helps people cope with grief, recovery from sexual assault, and post-traumatic stress.
She pays attention to safety and timing when addressing painful memories. Janice also helps with relationship strain, parenting challenges, communication problems, and the stress of life changes. She can assist with mood disorders, obsessive thoughts, panic, bipolar concerns, and ADHD-related struggles.
The focus is on small, manageable steps that build confidence. Therapy with Janice typically feels collaborative and down-to-earth. She avoids labels and meets people where they are.
Her goal is to help each person find clearer thinking, steadier emotion, and more workable daily routines.
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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
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | MD, LCSW-C |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 22 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maryland |
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Online support options
How Janice’s approaches work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on respectful listening and shaping sessions around each person's needs. In practice this means the therapist asks about your goals, reflects what she hears, and adjusts topics and pacing to fit you. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and builds step-by-step strategies to change thinking and behavior; it is often used for anxiety, depression, panic, and obsessive thoughts. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal communication, which can help with intense emotions and relationship strain.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Janice will discuss options, try methods in session, and adjust based on what helps most. The plan is collaborative so clients influence which tools and exercises are used and how quickly they move forward.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and skill demonstration. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or for short check-ins. Live chat and text work well for brief support, homework check-ins, and ongoing reminders. These options make scheduling easier and let people fit sessions around work, school, and parenting demands.
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