Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
How Janet works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New York
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Janet
Janet Wise is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with three decades of experience helping people manage stress, anger, anxiety, grief, and trauma. She works with individuals facing depression, addiction, ADHD, relationship and intimacy struggles, and challenges tied to parenting, career, or major life changes. Janet listens with warmth and practical attention to what matters most to each person.
She uses straightforward, goal-oriented work. Sessions focus on building a strong relationship first, then on small steps that make daily life easier.
Background and approach
Janet blends mindfulness, cognitive-behavioral tools, and acceptance-based ideas to help clients notice difficult thoughts and act in line with their values. Her background includes long-term clinical work with people living with chronic illness and those recovering from physical and psychological trauma.
She has provided grief and crisis support in hospital settings and pastoral care in community settings, which shaped her calm and steady approach to loss and sudden change. Janet emphasizes collaboration. She helps clients set clear goals and uses coaching-style guidance when people want practical plans for change.
Her work is never one-size-fits-all; she adjusts techniques to fit a person’s life and priorities. Outside therapy she teaches yoga, Enerchi (a form of Tai Chi), and cardio-fitness. These practices inform her interest in body-mind approaches to stress, sleep, and self-care.
If you want someone who blends experience with practical tools, Janet offers that mix in session.
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
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Janet lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- 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.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify their values and take small actions that matter, even when unwanted thoughts or feelings show up. It is useful for stress, anger, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and problematic habits. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention skills to reduce reactivity and improve sleep, focus, and emotional regulation.Finding the right approach is a team effort. Janet will work together with each person to choose methods that match their goals and everyday life. She tailors techniques rather than using a single plan, and adjusts as progress and needs change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. Video calls let people work face-to-face without commuting. Phone sessions can be easier when video is difficult or bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or when someone needs flexible ways to keep progress moving between sessions.
Questions people ask about Janet
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, anger, grief, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, ADHD, and trauma-related problems among others.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and practical. Sessions focus on building a helpful relationship, setting goals, and using concrete tools like mindfulness and cognitive techniques.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 30 years of professional experience working with people across a range of concerns, including chronic illness, trauma recovery, and grief counseling in hospital and community settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - licensed in New York and practices from New York.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to connect.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session according to the therapist's availability.