- Years in practice
- 24
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Janet
Janet Stone-Nielsen is a licensed clinical social worker with 24 years of experience. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and parenting challenges. Her approach is warm and straightforward, aimed at helping parents feel steadier and more confident.
She focuses a great deal on trauma and the ways abuse can affect daily life. That includes symptoms like panic, low mood, trouble sleeping, and problems with self-esteem. She also helps people who are coping with grief, relationship strain, career pressure, or compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
Janet uses a person-centered style that starts with where a client is right now. She combines that with practical tools such as psycho-education and behavioral strategies to help people notice patterns and change them. Motivational interviewing techniques are used to build motivation for new habits when needed.
Her background includes long experience working with survivors of domestic and sexual abuse and related concerns such as codependency, divorce and dissociation. She also draws on trauma-focused methods and has training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, often called EMDR, to address intense trauma symptoms. Janet works from North Carolina and offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, and text messaging.
Conversations are aimed at manageable steps parents can take between sessions to reduce overwhelm and improve daily routines.
What Janet works with
Everything Janet lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Janet helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Janet lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How her approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on meeting the person where they are. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps clients identify their goals and strengths. This approach supports parents who need clear, nonjudgmental space to talk about everyday struggles.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It uses simple exercises and homework to test new ways of thinking and acting. CBT is often helpful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and routines tied to parenting stress.
EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is used for intense trauma symptoms. It involves guided processing of distressing memories to reduce their emotional charge. It can be useful for people coping with past abuse or events that continue to cause anxiety and avoidance.
Janet treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide whether to prioritize skills work, trauma processing, or a mix of methods tailored to the situation.
Online therapy here is offered by video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can fit into a short break or require less bandwidth. Live chat and messaging work well for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy parenting schedules and varied daily routines.
Questions people ask about Janet
What concerns can be addressed in sessions?
Janet helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addiction, grief, parenting challenges, self-esteem, and many related issues listed in her specialties.
How would you describe her therapy style?
She uses a warm, person-centered approach and focuses on empowerment. Sessions often include psycho-education and practical tools to change unhelpful patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She has 24 years of experience working in social work and mental health settings, with extensive work related to trauma and abuse.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the credential LCSW and practices in North Carolina.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does cost and scheduling work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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