- Skills focused
- Mindfulness based
- Practical tools
About Janet
Janet Sohmer is an Ohio-licensed LPCC with 25 years of counseling experience. She focuses on everyday struggles like anxiety, depression, stress, and relationship concerns. Janet aims to create a calm place where people can talk about what matters and take practical steps forward.
Her approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and mindfulness practices. She helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, build coping skills, and practice present-moment awareness. Sessions often include straightforward tools for managing panic, mood shifts, and overwhelming emotions.
Janet works with issues that range from life transitions and grief to trauma and abuse. She also supports people dealing with low self-esteem, feelings of emptiness, perfectionism, and trouble with commitment or control. Codependency and family-of-origin concerns are also part of her focus areas.
Her style is direct and encouraging. She helps people set clear goals, try practical strategies between sessions, and check what is or isn’t working. The tone in sessions is supportive but focused on usable steps for daily life.
Over her career Janet has guided people through midlife change, panic attacks, and relational patterns that cause repeated stress. She invites clients to take small, manageable actions that lead to steadier mood and clearer thinking. People who want an active, skills-based approach may find this style helpful.
How CBT, DBT, and Mindfulness Translate to Online Therapy
Janet uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change thoughts that lead to anxiety and low mood. CBT sessions often focus on practical exercises and small experiments to try between meetings, which can be tracked and reviewed online.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer interpersonal strategies. DBT-style work breaks skills into manageable steps that clients can practice in daily life and then reflect on in sessions.
Mindfulness Therapy is used to help people notice present-moment experience and reduce automatic reactivity. Simple breathing and attention practices are introduced gradually and can be repeated outside of sessions to build steadiness.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. That collaborative process aims to match a method to each person’s needs rather than assuming one path fits everyone.
Session formats are not specified here, so confirm current online session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow focused check-ins between other responsibilities. It can also support steady practice of CBT and DBT skills in real life while discussing progress with a licensed professional.
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Experience
25+ years
Credentials
Ohio
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Janet help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, low self-esteem, trauma and grief, anger, and related issues such as codependency and family of origin problems.
What is her therapy style like?
Sessions are practical and skills oriented, using clear tools from CBT, DBT, and mindfulness to manage emotions and change unhelpful thinking patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She has 25 years of professional experience working with people on mood disorders, panic, life transitions, and relationship patterns.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is licensed as an LPCC in Ohio and provides therapy from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients schedule with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Janet?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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