- Client-centered approach
- Trauma-informed care
- Practical coping skills
About Janice
Janice Doan is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW-C) practicing in Maryland who centers sessions on the client's experience. She offers a warm, interactive style and focuses on listening first. Her work emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion for each person who comes in.
She uses Client-Centered Therapy alongside cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior approaches to shape conversations and practical steps. That means sessions often start with the client's priorities and move toward small, doable strategies for managing stress, anxiety, mood swings, or relationship strain. Janice has over 22 years of experience in social work.
For more than a decade she has worked extensively with people affected by trauma and abuse, including domestic violence. She supports individuals coping with grief, parenting challenges, ADHD, and longer-term mood concerns like depression and bipolar-related symptoms. She also helps with communication problems, isolation, and issues around shame and self-love.
Her sessions typically blend talking, skill practice, and planning so people leave with concrete tools. Janice adapts the plan as needs change and keeps the focus on what the person wants to achieve. She avoids stigmatizing labels and works to create a respectful space for change.
To begin, she asks about current challenges and goals, then shapes a collaborative plan that fits each person's life and priorities.
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a respectful, listening-first conversation where the person sets the agenda and the therapist follows. In online sessions that can mean checking in about what feels most pressing and shaping each meeting around those priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets thoughts and behaviors with clear steps and exercises, such as tracking mood, testing unhelpful thoughts, and practicing new skills between sessions; these tasks translate well to virtual meetings and homework review. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance, and online meetings can include teaching and rehearsing those skills together.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to choose or blend methods based on their goals, symptoms, and what feels comfortable. Sessions can be adjusted over time as progress and needs change.
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the current options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when that better suits a schedule. It also lets people share worksheets, review exercises, and practice coping strategies between meetings without changing the therapeutic focus.
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Experience
22+ years
Listed in
Maryland
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, self-esteem struggles, parenting problems, grief, anger, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and related issues.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and interactive and starts with listening to what matters most to the client. She blends client-centered conversation with practical strategies from cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior approaches.
What is her background and experience?
She has 22 years of experience in social work and has spent more than ten years working with people affected by trauma and domestic violence.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the LCSW-C credential in Maryland and provides services based in that state.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats, so please confirm current session options before booking to ensure they meet your needs.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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