About Jeanette
Jeanette Salinas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with three decades of practice in California. She earned her master’s degree and LCSW in Sacramento and has focused much of her career on grief and loss. She combines practical methods with steady, patient guidance so people know what to expect in sessions.
Her work centers on grief, trauma, and transitions, including pet loss and end-of-life caregiving. She also supports people coping with anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, ADHD, and relationship or intimacy concerns.
How Jeanette works
Jeanette draws on a mix of approaches to match each person's needs rather than relying on a single method. Jeanette often helps those facing major life changes move forward using clear, stage-based steps she has developed over time. She emphasizes building trust first and letting each session progress at the client's pace.
The tone is calm and direct, with attention to practical coping skills and emotional understanding. She has experience across the lifespan and has provided counseling for people caring for elderly or chronically ill relatives. Jeanette also offers supervision to social work and marriage and family therapy interns working toward licensure.
Her background makes her comfortable addressing complicated losses and long-term stress. People who prefer steady guidance and concrete steps may find her style helpful. Sessions focus on understanding the problem, learning useful tools, and planning realistic next steps.
Jeanette aims to make the therapy journey manageable and hopeful.
Jeanette lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Jeanette works with
The areas below are the ones Jeanette selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Jeanette uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. CBT is practical and often focuses on specific skills for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems. She also uses Trauma-Focused Therapy to address traumatic memories and the ways they affect daily life, working at a pace that feels manageable for the person.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Jeanette will talk with each person about their goals and symptoms, then suggest methods to try. Together they review what feels helpful and adjust the plan as therapy progresses so the work fits the client's needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video works well for deeper conversations and visual cues, while phone sessions suit those who need lower bandwidth or prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging can be used for shorter check-ins, coaching-style work, or when writing out thoughts helps the process. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and different schedules.
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