Janet Stone-Nielsen

Janet Stone-Nielsen is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 24 years of experience. She helps people who are stressed, anxious, grieving, or coping with trauma and life changes, and she can support concerns related to career and self-esteem.

Her approach is warm and person-centered. She begins by listening to where someone is and what matters most to them. Sessions focus on practical steps, learning about unhelpful patterns, and building skills that fit daily life.

Janet has spent much of her career working with survivors of domestic and sexual abuse and the problems that can follow. That includes anxiety, depression, PTSD-related reactions, codependency, and parenting or relationship struggles. She also supports people facing addictions, chronic illness, or caregiver stress.

She uses tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thoughts and behaviors that get in the way. She also brings trauma-focused methods and EMDR, as well as motivational interviewing when people want help moving toward change. Janet offers clinical supervision for other professionals focused on self-care and compassion fatigue.

Janet works from North Carolina and holds an NC LCSW. Conversations are straightforward and focused on what a person can try between sessions. People who value a direct, compassionate guide may find her style helpful.

How Janet’s approaches adapt to online work

Janet uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow each person's priorities, offering empathy and a nonjudgmental space to talk about stress, relationships, or career worries. This approach helps people feel heard and decide what to focus on next.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help identify thoughts and behaviors that increase anxiety or low mood. CBT provides clear exercises and small experiments people can practice between sessions to see what changes help.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Janet will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals and comfort level, and she adjusts plans as progress unfolds. That decision is shared and revisited as needed.

Session format options are not specified here, so confirm current session types before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Therapists often adapt homework, breathing or grounding exercises, and CBT tools to online sessions so people can try strategies in their everyday routines.