Janet Stone-Nielsen

Janet Stone-Nielsen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in North Carolina with 24 years of experience. She works with adults dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, addiction, grief, and questions about career and life direction. She also supports people facing parenting strain, sleep and eating difficulties, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.

Janet focuses on helping people untangle the effects of trauma and abusive experiences. She pays attention to how trauma shows up as anxiety, low self-esteem, codependency, or difficulty maintaining relationships. Conversations often include practical information about patterns of thinking and behavior to make sense of current struggles.

Her approach centers on person-focused conversations and collaborative work. She uses client-centered techniques alongside cognitive behavioral tools to identify thoughts and actions that keep problems going. Motivational interviewing is used when people want help finding the energy or direction to make changes.

She brings specific experience with trauma-focused care and has incorporated Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) into her practice. That can be an option for people whose symptoms stem from past abuse or disturbing memories.

Janet also works with professionals around compassion fatigue and self-care. She has experience as a clinical supervisor and can discuss workplace stress and maintaining boundaries in caregiving roles.

How therapeutic approaches are used in online sessions

Client-centered work focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person. It involves open conversation, reflecting back what the client says, and shaping goals together. This approach helps when someone is unsure about their priorities or needs support deciding next steps.

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. In plain terms it helps identify thinking patterns that increase anxiety or depression and tests small behavior changes to see if they help. CBT is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and coping with life transitions.

EMDR is an approach used for trauma-related symptoms. It involves guided attention and structured processing of distressing memories to reduce their emotional impact. People choose it when past events continue to cause strong reactions in daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which methods to try based on the client's needs, goals, and preferences. That choice can change over time as things shift.

The profile does not specify session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Many people find online sessions make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, or reduce travel time. Practical benefits include scheduling flexibility and being able to continue care during life changes, while the therapist and client together decide which approach and format fit best.