How Jeanette works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Jeanette
Jeanette Salinas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with three decades of practice in California. She began her social work career after earning a master’s degree and her LCSW in Sacramento over 30 years ago. Her work has centered on grief and loss while also including a broad range of mental health concerns.
She meets people where they are and moves at a pace that feels manageable. Jeanette focuses on grief, transitions, trauma, and post-traumatic stress.
Background and approach
She also has experience with mood disorders such as bipolar disorder and major depression, as well as obsessive compulsive tendencies and borderline personality features. Her background includes supporting people who are caring for elderly or terminally ill family members, and addressing pet loss as part of grieving. Her sessions emphasize building trust and a practical working relationship.
She uses clear steps to help people move forward after major life changes. Treatment draws on several approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy. Jeanette has developed stage-based plans that aim to help people regain stability and direction after loss or upheaval.
She also supervises Associate Clinical Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapist Interns toward licensure. Her style is calm, steady, and directional while remaining flexible to each person’s needs. People who choose her often want straightforward guidance through grief, stressful transitions, or longstanding emotional patterns.
Jeanette presents options, listens closely, and works together with clients to set practical next steps.
What Jeanette works with
Everything Jeanette lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Jeanette's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
Approaches Jeanette lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Narrative Therapy
- 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.
How Jeanette’s approaches translate to online care
Jeanette commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy to guide online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns through practical exercises and brief homework. Trauma-Focused Therapy centers on processing distressing events and learning skills to reduce trauma symptoms, using paced interventions adapted to each person’s tolerance and needs.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try approaches that fit those goals, and adjust over time. Clients help set the pace and decide which techniques feel most useful for their situation.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can work well when lower bandwidth or no camera is preferred. Live chat and text messaging offer shorter check-ins, quick skill practice, and a way to keep momentum between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue work from different locations.
Questions people ask about Jeanette
What kinds of concerns does Jeanette address?
She works with grief and loss, trauma and PTSD, stress and anxiety, depression, addictions, anger, self-esteem, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy issues, and related areas listed in her specialty set.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach is steady and practical. She prioritizes trust, moves at each person’s pace, and uses concrete steps to help people cope and move forward.
What is her professional background?
She has 30 years of clinical experience and earned a master’s degree and her LCSW in Sacramento, California. She also supervises clinicians working toward licensure.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does cost and billing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.