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Online therapist

Janice Nass

Practical support for life transitions

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Credentials
LCSW
Experience
40 years
Licensed in
Illinois, Florida
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Janice

Janice Nass is a licensed clinical social worker with 40 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and life changes. Her style is straightforward and practical.

She focuses on clearer thinking and small steps that make daily life easier. Janice believes change is part of life and that people can learn to respond differently to it. She works with clients to notice unhelpful thoughts and reframe them.

Background and approach

She also helps people identify values and make choices that match what matters most to them. Her approach includes looking at core beliefs and habits that keep someone stuck. Together they examine patterns and try new actions in manageable ways.

Janice also helps clients strengthen supports and healthier self-care routines so they feel more grounded during transitions. Over her career she has worked in long term care, hospice, administrative roles, and mental health practice settings. That background informs a practical view of coping with chronic illness, caregiving stress, and major life shifts.

Janice emphasizes that it is rarely too late to try something new or begin again. Sessions aim to make changes feel doable rather than overwhelming. Janice combines tried methods like cognitive behavioral techniques and acceptance strategies with a client-centered focus.

The work is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Her practice includes support for a wide range of concerns related to relationships, parenting, trauma, addiction, and mood differences. Janice practices in Florida and conducts sessions in English.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and choosing actions that align with personal values. It helps when worry, avoidance, or uncertainty get in the way of living the life someone wants. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at unhelpful thinking and habits and teaches practical skills to change them, which can ease anxiety, depression, and stress. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, respect, and working at the client’s pace to build trust and clarity.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss these methods with each person and together decide which strategies fit the client’s goals and preferences. The process is collaborative and adjustments are made as needs change.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, to maintain continuity during life transitions, and to use different formats for skill practice or check-ins. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and tools to work well in remote formats so clients can keep making progress from wherever they are.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

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 concerns does she help with?
She works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, addictions, bipolar challenges, ADHD, and related concerns.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is practical and collaborative. She uses short-term strategies and values-based work to help people respond differently to change.
How long has she been practicing?
She has been a social worker and clinician for 40 years, with experience in long term care, hospice, administration, and group practice mental health settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with licenses IL LCSW 149014364 and FL LCSW SW18054, practicing in Florida.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can she work with clients outside the country?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and getting started handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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Experience
40 years
Licensed
Illinois, Florida
Languages
English

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