Janet Nestor, LCMHC

Janet Nestor, LCMHC, brings more than 23 years of counseling experience to her practice. She keeps an informal, down-to-earth style and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, mood problems, and life changes. Janet works with adults and teens aged 14 and up and aims to make conversations feel straightforward and useful.

Her background began in special education, where she taught adolescents and adults with ADHD, learning differences, autism, and physical disabilities. That early work shaped how she notices learning and sensory needs in therapy. She also has long experience supporting people with chronic illness, including Lyme disease and autoimmune conditions.

Janet uses a client-centered stance that puts each person’s goals first. In sessions she blends cognitive approaches with emotion-focused ideas and mindfulness practices. She also draws on somatic awareness to help people notice how stress and emotions show up in the body.

Her practice includes supporting people dealing with substance use and those in long-term residential recovery programs. She often helps with panic attacks, phobias, coping skills for anxiety, sleep concerns, and struggles with self-esteem.

Janet aims to make the work practical and tailored. Conversations tend to focus on clear steps, emotional understanding, and everyday strategies people can try between sessions. To begin, clients complete a short questionnaire and schedule a session based on the matching process.

How Janet’s approaches work in online therapy

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person and their goals. The therapist listens closely and works from the client’s own priorities, helping people choose steps that feel manageable. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behavior and offers concrete skills for anxiety, mood, and sleep problems. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people name and shift strong emotions so they can feel more regulated; it is useful for grief, trauma responses, and relational patterns.

Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. Janet will work with each person to decide which methods feel most helpful and will adjust strategies as goals change. Clients and the therapist check in about what’s working and what to try next so the plan stays practical and relevant.

If you are thinking about online sessions, please confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy week, shorten travel time, and allow quick check-ins when needed. Different methods translate well to remote meetings - for example, CBT homework, brief mindfulness exercises, and somatic awareness practices can all be adapted for online sessions. Ask about specific scheduling and session arrangements when you complete the matching questionnaire.