Janet Stone-Nielsen

Janet Stone-Nielsen is a licensed clinical social worker with 24 years of practice. She helps people facing grief, trauma, anxiety, and the day-to-day strain of caregiving and long-term illness. Her approach is gentle and grounded in listening first, so visits start with what feels most urgent to the person in the room.

Janet focuses on trauma that follows domestic and sexual abuse and the problems that often come after. That includes PTSD symptoms, depression, relationship trouble, codependency, parenting stress, and career or economic worries. She also works with people dealing with addictions, bipolar challenges, sleep and eating struggles, and self-esteem concerns.

Her method is person-centered and empowerment-focused. Janet uses psychoeducation to help people spot repeating patterns and make practical changes. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and integrates trauma-focused work when past events are getting in the way of living now.

Janet is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - in North Carolina and has long experience supporting other professionals as a clinical supervisor, with an emphasis on self-care and compassion fatigue. She welcomes talking through caregiving stress, aging and geriatric issues, chronic pain or illness, and the emotional side of blended families.

People who choose Janet often want straightforward, calm guidance and practical tools alongside a supportive listener. She aims to help people feel steadier, clearer, and more able to meet daily demands while working through deeper losses and past wounds.

How Janet uses therapy approaches online

Janet commonly draws on Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and reflecting back what the person says, which helps people feel understood and make choices that fit their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers practical exercises to shift unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety, depression, sleep, and behavior changes.

She also uses trauma-focused work, including EMDR-informed techniques, to address memories and reactions that keep affecting day-to-day life. Those methods aim to reduce the power of past events over current emotions and behavior and are used alongside gentle pacing and stabilization when needed.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Janet will talk with each person about their goals, what feels most important, and any past experiences with therapy, then adapt methods to fit those needs. Clients help decide what feels most useful as therapy progresses.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when that suits a schedule. Licensed professionals aim to make sessions practical and focused so people can try tools between meetings and bring results back to discuss.