About Janet
Janet Nestor is a licensed clinical mental health counselor with 23 years of experience. She uses a relaxed, client-centered style and focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, phobias, and mood concerns. Janet speaks plainly and aims to make therapy approachable for worried parents and adults.
She blends practical cognitive techniques with emotion-focused work to help people notice patterns and try new responses. Mindfulness tools and solution-focused steps are used to build small, steady changes.
Background and approach
Sessions often include talking through feelings and practicing specific skills between meetings. Janet's early career was in special education, where she supported adolescents and adults with ADHD, autism, learning differences, and physical disabilities. That background informs how she adapts strategies for different learning styles and energy levels.
She has substantial experience supporting people with chronic illness, autoimmune conditions, and those in long-term recovery from substance use. Janet also helps people facing grief, caregiver stress, anger, and career changes. Her work includes attention to identity and LGBT concerns as they affect day-to-day life.
In sessions she aims to be easy to talk with and to meet people where they are. Treatment plans are tailored to each person's goals and pace. Janet works with adults and teens aged 14 and up from her practice in North Carolina.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online work
Janet uses client-centered therapy to build a respectful, listening-based relationship where the client's priorities guide each session. This approach helps people clarify goals and feel heard when managing anxiety, grief, or life changes.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying small behavioral experiments. CBT is useful for panic, phobias, sleep problems, and low mood because it gives clear steps to practice between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Janet will collaborate with each person to decide whether a listening-focused path, CBT exercises, or a mix of methods will best match their needs, goals, and comfort level. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video lets people work face-to-face when convenient. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Chat and messaging are handy for short check-ins or step-by-step skill practice between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into busy days and different routines.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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