Jeanette Salinas

Jeanette Salinas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 30 years of experience in California. She focuses on grief and loss, including pet loss, transitions, and trauma, and works with people navigating major life changes. She emphasizes building trust and moving at each person's pace in sessions.

She earned her master’s degree and LCSW in Sacramento, California, and has worked across age ranges from children to older adults. Her background includes supporting people with PTSD, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, obsessive-compulsive concerns, and borderline personality concerns. She also offers guidance to those caring for elderly or terminally ill family members.

Jeanette uses practical methods that aim to help people manage emotions and take small steps forward. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to tackle unhelpful thinking patterns and on Dialectical Behavior Therapy for emotional regulation skills. She also uses Narrative Therapy to help people reframe their stories and Solution-Focused Therapy to set clear, workable goals.

Her approach is steady and collaborative. Sessions move at the client’s pace and focus on concrete strategies for coping. She has developed stages for moving forward after major life changes that she applies flexibly to individual situations.

Jeanette supervises Associate Clinical Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapy Interns toward licensure. She describes starting therapy as a leap of faith and aims to make the process supportive and hopeful.

How Jeanette’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Jeanette uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can make daily challenges feel more manageable. She also applies Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach concrete skills for regulating emotions and handling crisis moments. Narrative Therapy is used to revisit personal stories and shift the way someone sees a loss or transition.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Jeanette collaborates with each person to choose techniques that match their goals and preferences. She adjusts methods over time so the work stays practical and relevant to what the client wants to accomplish.

Confirm current online session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also permits working with a licensed professional from different locations, which can be helpful for people managing caregiving responsibilities or living far from local services.