About Janet
Janet Nealer is a Maryland-based therapist with 40 years of clinical experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, relationship struggles, and addictions. She meets clients where they are and focuses on practical steps that reduce distress and improve daily functioning.
Many people come for help with sleep problems, parenting strain, anger, or low self-esteem and she addresses those concerns directly in sessions. Her style centers on listening first and building trust.
Background and approach
She treats people as the experts on their own lives and helps them draw on their strengths. Sessions are conversational and focused on small changes that add up over time. Janet blends several approaches to match each person’s needs.
She uses attachment-based work to look at how past relationships affect current patterns. Cognitive behavioral techniques help people test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Emotionally-focused ideas guide conversations about deep feelings and connection.
She has worked with people across many life challenges, including caregiving stress, chronic illness, divorce and separation, domestic violence concerns, and issues around commitment and communication. Janet also supports individuals navigating aging, autism and Asperger spectrum concerns, dissociation, and complex co-morbid conditions. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Janet approaches therapy as a partnership and helps people set clear, realistic goals. The aim is steady progress toward a more manageable, satisfying life.
Approach-driven care available online
Janet often combines attachment-based ideas with client-centered and cognitive behavioral techniques. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people notice and change recurring reactions. Client-centered approaches focus on listening and reflecting so people feel heard and can access their own strengths. Cognitive behavioral methods identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors to reduce anxiety or depression.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Janet will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan when needed so the therapy stays useful and practical.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for in-depth conversations and seeing nonverbal cues. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can support brief updates between sessions or a lower-effort way to stay connected. These options make scheduling easier and help therapy fit into busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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