Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Janet works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Licensed in
- Ohio
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Janet
Janet Sohmer is an Ohio licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) with 25 years of experience. She focuses on practical strategies that help people reduce stress, manage anger, and handle anxiety. Janet emphasizes straightforward work you can use between sessions to feel steadier day to day.
In sessions she draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and mindfulness techniques. That means conversations will include noticing unhelpful thoughts, learning new coping skills, and practicing simple grounding and attention exercises.
Background and approach
These tools are aimed at mood concerns, panic, and the kinds of emotional reactions that get in the way of daily life. She also helps people sort through relationship struggles, self-esteem difficulties, and life changes. Janet pays attention to patterns that come from family of origin issues, codependency, or avoidant tendencies.
She works with feelings of abandonment, emptiness, guilt, and shame in clear, step-by-step ways. Trauma, grief, and impulse problems are part of her focus as well. Sessions balance problem-solving with skills for managing intense moments.
The goal is calmer responses and better choices when stress rises. Janet uses language that is plain and direct. She invites clients to try tools in real life and to review what worked.
Her approach is practical, collaborative, and aimed at helping people build more predictable coping over time.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Anger management
- Abandonment
- Avoidant personality
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Janet lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Using CBT, DBT, and Mindfulness Online
Janet draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and test healthier alternatives. CBT tasks are often short exercises or experiments you can do between meetings to see what changes in daily life.She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. DBT techniques are practical steps for calming intense feelings and avoiding impulsive reactions.
Mindfulness methods teach simple attention and grounding practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus. These practices pair well with CBT and DBT to create steadier responses to stress and anger.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will work with each person to choose and adapt methods based on goals, needs, and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time so clients get the mix of skills that helps them most.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face work on skills and role plays. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Live chat and messaging let people check in between sessions or use short strategies during a hectic day. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and continue skill practice consistently.
Questions people ask about Janet
What concerns does she commonly address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, self-esteem, grief, trauma and anger. Additional focus areas include panic attacks, mood disorders, control issues, and feelings of emptiness.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses clear, practical methods drawn from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and mindfulness. Sessions focus on learning skills and applying them between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has 25 years of professional experience working with people on anxiety, depression, motivation, and daily living problems.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is licensed as an LPCC in Ohio and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work together?
International clients are not currently accepted; she works with people based in Ohio and the broader U.S. context.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How do I begin the process?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.