Dr. Janet Dean
Compassionate psychologist for life transitions
- Credentials
- KY Psychologist 129393
- Experience
- 28 years
- Licensed in
- Kentucky
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Janet
Dr. Janet Dean is a licensed psychologist in Kentucky with 28 years of experience. She helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, self-esteem struggles, and changes in life.
Her work also addresses relationship and intimacy concerns, mood disorders, ADHD, and issues tied to identity and purpose. She uses clear, straightforward conversation to help people understand what is getting in the way and to try practical steps that make daily life easier.
Background and approach
Sessions often mix a supportive, client-centered stance with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, so clients both feel heard and learn new ways to respond to thoughts and habits. Dean trained at The Ohio State University and balances clinical work with teaching psychology at the college level.
Her academic work includes research on sexual identity and faith, counselor self-care, and how faith and mental health connect. She has published articles and a book and presents her work to train other practitioners. In sessions she aims to help people get clearer about their values, build healthier connections, and move toward greater peace and purpose.
She describes therapy as collaborative work where small changes can add up over time. Therapy is offered in English and available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Dr.
Dean holds the credential KY Psychologist 129393 and practices in Kentucky.
How her approaches work in online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening without judgment and building a trusting working relationship. It helps when people need a steady, accepting place to talk through identity, values, or emotional pain.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and habit-related concerns so people can try new ways of coping between sessions.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and then tailor the mix of supportive listening and skill-building. That plan can change as needs evolve.
Online formats such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging give flexibility for people with busy schedules or who cannot travel. These options make it easier to fit regular work on goals into daily life and to try techniques with support when challenges come up.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 28 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky
- Languages
- English
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