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Online therapist

Janice Stidman

Practical support for stress and emotional healing

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

About Janice

Janice Stidman is a licensed professional counselor with ten years of clinical experience in Mississippi. She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and issues with self-worth. Janice uses straightforward talk and practical tools to help clients feel more steady and able to cope.

Her work emphasizes a respectful, trauma-informed approach. Sessions are aimed at identifying patterns that keep people stuck and finding small changes that make daily life easier.

Background and approach

She combines talk therapy with skills practice so people leave sessions with things they can try between meetings. Janice integrates several evidence-based methods into her care. She draws on cognitive-behavioral techniques to challenge unhelpful thoughts and on mindfulness-based strategies to manage strong emotions.

For trauma, she uses targeted approaches that focus on processing difficult memories safely. People who work with her can expect a calm, accepting presence and a focus on concrete steps. Janice pays attention to communication problems, grief, parenting challenges, workplace stress, and identity concerns among other areas.

She also supports those coping with mood disorders, ADHD symptoms, and patterns linked to attachment or abandonment. Her aim is to help clients build tools for everyday resilience and clearer communication. Janice works collaboratively with each person to set goals and figure out what approach fits best.

Sessions emphasize practical progress alongside deeper emotional work.

Therapy approaches you can use online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters most to them and take small steps toward those values even when emotions are strong. It emphasizes acceptance of difficult feelings alongside committed action. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and build healthier habits. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is a structured method used to process traumatic memories and reduce their emotional intensity when appropriate. Janice treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adapt methods over time. This collaborative process helps match tools to the problem at hand. Online therapy makes regular work on goals easier to fit into life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions offer convenience, and live chat or text-based messaging can support brief check-ins or skill coaching between sessions. These formats increase flexibility for people balancing work, parenting, or other commitments while doing therapeutic work.

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.

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.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?
Janice works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, grief, parenting, relationship and career issues, and mood disorders.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style blends practical skills training with empathic listening. Sessions focus on concrete tools, emotion regulation, and exploring patterns that affect daily life.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years of experience providing psychotherapy in Mississippi and has worked with many people on trauma, mood concerns, and communication problems.
What credentials and location information are on file?
She holds an MS and is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Mississippi. Her license is listed as MS LPC 3150.
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?
Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are involved in getting started?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.

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Experience
10 years
Licensed
Mississippi
Languages
English

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