Janis E. Yates
Compassionate, practical counseling for life changes
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed in
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Janis
Janis E. Yates is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, and life transitions. She speaks plainly and offers steady support for those facing relationship struggles, grief, career questions, and self-esteem concerns.
Her style emphasizes respect for each person’s experience and practical steps forward. Janis believes people already carry strengths they can use to change their lives. She leans on straightforward conversation to identify goals and small actions that move a person forward.
Background and approach
Motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques often guide early sessions to build momentum and clarity. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is part of her toolbox when thoughts and habits get in the way of feeling better. CBT helps spot unhelpful thinking and tries out different behaviors to improve mood and coping.
Client-Centered Therapy shapes the overall tone, with the client’s perspective guiding the work. Her background includes six years of professional experience supporting individuals with drug and alcohol addiction and related control issues. She also addresses forgiveness, life purpose, and self-love through practical exercises and reflective conversation.
Sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, and she works within a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Janis aims to make therapy approachable and focused on real steps parents and adults can use in day-to-day life.
Approach and Online Care that Fits Your Life
Client-Centered Therapy places the person's own perspective at the heart of the work. It emphasizes listening, empathy, and building a trusting working relationship while the client sets the pace and goals. This approach helps when someone needs a supportive space to sort through feelings and choices.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on linking thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses practical exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT can be useful for anxiety, stress, and patterns that get in the way of daily functioning.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose methods that match a person’s needs, goals, and comfort level. Together they will adjust techniques as work progresses so sessions stay practical and relevant.
Online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging offer flexibility for busy schedules and family life. These options make it easier to fit conversations into a week, check progress between meetings, and use tools that match personal preferences. Licensed professionals can adapt the therapy style to work well through these remote formats, focusing on clear goals and steady steps forward.
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.
Motivational Interviewing
A way of working through mixed feelings about change without being pushed. The therapist helps you weigh things up and find your own reasons, which often makes a difficult decision feel less stuck.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Career difficulties
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Life purpose
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
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