Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Depression
How Janet works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 21
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Janet
Janet Giles is a California-based licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 21 years of experience. She offers a calm, down-to-earth presence for people who are feeling overwhelmed by anger, stress, anxiety, or relationship strain. People who reach out often want practical skills they can try between sessions and clear, direct guidance during hard moments.
Janet draws on straightforward, evidence-based techniques to help with parenting challenges, communication problems, grief, and recovery from trauma or abuse.
Background and approach
She blends cognitive-behavioral ideas with strength-focused work and mindfulness practices, matching the approach to each person’s needs. Sessions emphasize usable tools rather than abstract theory. Her background includes many clinical settings and time teaching psychology courses as an adjunct professor.
That classroom work covered lifespan development, child and adolescent development, theories of personality, and psychopathology. The teaching experience informs a practical, organized way of explaining things during therapy. Janet also brings creativity into sessions.
She is an artist who enjoys sewing, knitting, and playing chess, and she often uses creative ideas to help people try new ways of coping. Her voice in the room is calm and encouraging, focused on small steps toward change. People typically meet her to address anger, depression, compassion fatigue, ADHD-related concerns, codependency, or caregiver stress.
She helps clients practice communication skills, manage strong emotions, and rebuild connection in close relationships.
What Janet works with
Everything Janet lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Janet's practice.
How Janet’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy
Janet commonly uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and practice new behaviors. This approach helps with anger, anxiety, depression, and communication patterns by breaking problems into manageable skills to try between sessions.She also draws on mindfulness practices to help people notice physical and emotional reactions without getting swept away. Mindfulness can reduce reactivity and make it easier to choose different responses in tense moments.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. Janet collaborates with each person to decide which techniques fit their needs and goals, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds. The process is team-based and focused on practical results rather than rigid steps.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and ongoing text-based messaging. Video lets you have face-to-face conversation and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging are useful for tracking progress, quick check-ins, and getting support between longer sessions. These options make scheduling easier and help therapy fit into busy days.
Questions people ask about Janet
What concerns does she help with?
She helps people with anger, stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, and ADHD-related struggles. Additional focus areas include caregiver stress, codependency, and communication problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is practical and collaborative, using clear tools you can practice between sessions. She mixes cognitive-behavioral ideas, strength-based work, and mindfulness to suit each person's needs.
How much experience does she have?
She has 21 years of clinical experience across a variety of settings, and she has also taught psychology courses at the university level.
What credentials and location should I know about?
She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, practicing in California.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.