About Janet
Dr. Janet Dean helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship concerns, and struggles around sexual identity and addiction. She is a psychologist who brings a steady, practical approach to difficult moments.
Many people come to her when life changes feel overwhelming or when mood and focus get in the way of day-to-day living. She uses straightforward conversation to identify what matters most to each person. Sessions focus on clear goals and steps that people can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Her style blends listening with evidence-based strategies so people leave with tools they can use right away. Janet earned her training at The Ohio State University and holds a Kentucky psychologist credential listed as KY Psychologist 129393. She also teaches psychology at the college level and supervises graduate students preparing for counseling careers.
That teaching work keeps her thinking about both current research and practical skills. Her clinical interests cover a broad range including mood disorders, trauma and abuse, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and issues that affect identity and relationships. She also supports people dealing with caregiver stress, codependency, control issues, and life purpose concerns.
Practical problem-solving is paired with attention to emotional experience. With 28 years of experience, she draws on long practice to tailor each step to the person in front of her. Her aim is to help people feel more comfortable with who they are, repair or strengthen relationships, and find a clearer sense of purpose in life.
How her approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and working at the person's pace. It helps when someone needs a caring space to talk through identity, relationship, or life purpose concerns and to feel understood before making changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and patterns that keep repeating in daily life by teaching practical skills and short experiments to try between sessions.
Finding the right fit is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which approach or blend of approaches matches their needs, goals, and preferences. Sessions can shift over time as goals change and progress is made.
Online sessions offer flexibility and can make it easier to keep therapy going. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation across distance. Phone sessions or live chat can work when bandwidth or a quick check-in is preferred. Text-based messaging supports shorter updates and ongoing reflection between scheduled meetings. These options help fit therapy around work, caregiving, and travel.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 28 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky
- Languages
- English
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