Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Janel works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Janel
Janel Guinane is a licensed clinical social worker with ten years of experience who supports people facing stress, anxiety, anger, addictions, depression, and related concerns. She uses a straightforward, collaborative approach aimed at helping people find clearer direction and practical steps forward. Her work also covers parenting strain, self-esteem, body image, and coping with big life changes.
Janel began in residential substance use programs in San Francisco and later completed a Bachelor of Social Work and a Master of Social Work.
Background and approach
Over the years she has worked in a variety of settings, including clinics that assess for county mental health services and day respite centers serving unhoused people. Those roles shaped her focus on practical help and real-world supports. In sessions she treats the person as the expert on their life and acts as a guide.
She draws on client-centered methods to listen and build goals together. Motivational interviewing helps uncover what matters most and what will motivate change. She also uses cognitive behavioral tools to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
For people with trauma, she incorporates trauma-focused methods including EMDR to address distressing memories and symptoms. Solution-focused techniques support short-term goals and concrete problem solving. Janel works in English and provides services from California.
Her style is direct, compassionate, and goal-oriented, aimed at helping people build coping skills, reduce overwhelm, and move toward the life they want.
What Janel works with
Everything Janel lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Janel's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Approaches Janel lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Motivational Interviewing
- 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.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building goals from the client's perspective. It helps people who need a supportive space to clarify their priorities and make plans that fit their life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety, manage anger, and change patterns that get in the way. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a trauma-focused method that works on distressing memories and symptoms using structured processing techniques to reduce their emotional charge.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and preferences, then try methods that seem likely to help. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made along the way based on what feels most useful.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video is useful when visual connection and interaction matter, phone calls are simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for quick check-ins, and messaging supports shorter or ongoing conversations between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and different life situations.
Questions people ask about Janel
What concerns does Janel commonly address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, anger, addictions, depression, and related issues such as body image, caregiver stress, and communication problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and client-centered, focusing on listening, setting clear goals, and using practical steps to reach them.
What kind of experience does she bring?
She has ten years of professional experience and earlier work in residential substance use programs and community clinic settings.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - practicing from California.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on client preference.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.