Janee Anez

Janee Anez is a Minnesota LICSW with 18 years of professional experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, grief and loss, depression, and life changes. She also works with concerns such as adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and questions about life purpose.

Janee’s style is straightforward and practical. Sessions focus on talking through current problems, finding concrete next steps, and testing what works in day-to-day life. She draws on approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors.

Mindfulness techniques and Motivational Interviewing are part of her toolkit for people who want to build steady habits and strengthen motivation. Internal Family Systems is used when it helps to understand different parts of a person’s inner experience and how they relate to one another. The choices about what to use come from what the person needs in the moment.

People can expect clear, short-term goals or a longer conversation depending on what feels most useful. Janee pays attention to communication problems and family of origin issues when those topics are important to the work. She also has experience supporting fathers, women, and men through role-related stresses.

Her practice is based in Minnesota and sessions are conducted in English. The first session is typically about taking stock, clarifying priorities, and agreeing on what to try next.

Approaches used during online sessions

Janee commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy in her work. CBT is about noticing thinking and behavior patterns, testing small changes, and using practical exercises to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention practices to help people respond differently to stress and strong emotions.

She also brings Motivational Interviewing into conversations when people want help finding momentum for change. That approach focuses on clarifying what matters, weighing options, and building motivation in manageable steps. Choosing which approaches to use is collaborative; the therapist and client decide together based on the person's goals and day-to-day needs.

Session formats are not listed in the original biography, so confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit work on feelings into a busy schedule, allow for shorter check-ins when time is tight, and remove travel between appointments. Licensed professionals can adapt techniques like brief behavioral experiments or guided mindfulness practices to work well in remote meetings, and the therapist will help tailor the session length and structure to practical needs.