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Janet Hardy

Compassionate online counseling for adults

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Credentials
LPC
Experience
10 years
Licensed in
Mississippi
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Janet

Janet Hardy is a licensed professional counselor who offers telemental health counseling to adults. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, stress, and relationship concerns. Her work also includes parenting challenges and support for LGBTQ clients.

Janet practices from Mississippi and has ten years of clinical experience. She uses approaches that center the person and their relationships. Janet begins by building a steady, trusting connection where clients can talk about emotions and hard moments without judgment.

Background and approach

From there she tailors work using practical tools and relationship-focused ideas. Clients may address mood, coping skills, intimacy issues, and parenting struggles. Her approach treats problems as coming from many places - biology, learned behavior, culture, systems, and life events.

That means sessions often mix skill-building with exploring family patterns and attachment needs. Janet may incorporate cognitive strategies to change unhelpful thoughts and DBT-style techniques to manage strong emotions. Hypnotherapy is also part of her toolbox when clients want to try guided relaxation and focused imagery as a way to address habits or stress.

She keeps treatment collaborative - clients set goals and Janet helps map steps to reach them. Practical homework and simple exercises are common between sessions. Before starting services, clients provide proof of identity and an emergency contact.

Sessions are offered in English and delivered online in several formats. Janet aims to make therapy straightforward and usable for adults seeking change.

Therapeutic approaches for online support

Janet blends relationship-focused and skill-based methods to help adults navigate emotional and practical challenges. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds and current relationships shape emotional patterns; it can help when people want to understand family history, attachment needs, and recurring relationship dynamics. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress to teach concrete coping strategies. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers specific skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness.

Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Janet will collaborate with each person to decide which methods suit their goals, values, and everyday life. That process may include trying techniques, reviewing what helps, and adjusting the plan so it fits the client’s needs.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone conversations, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility for busy days and different comfort levels. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into parenting schedules, work routines, or travel, while still focusing on practical tools and relationship change. Licensed professionals can tailor exercises and homework that work between sessions and across these online formats.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

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.

Frequently asked questions

What issues does Janet address in therapy?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting concerns, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, grief, and related matters such as intimacy, anger, and self-esteem.
What is Janet's therapeutic style like?
Her work is person-centered and collaborative, focusing on building a trusting relationship and combining practical skills with exploration of attachment and family patterns.
How long has she been practicing?
Janet has ten years of clinical experience providing mental health counseling.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She holds the credential MS LPC 2561 as a licensed professional counselor and practices from Mississippi.
Which languages does she use in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available with her?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are fees and billing handled?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with Janet?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to therapist availability.

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Experience
10 years
Licensed
Mississippi
Languages
English

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