- Values-based focus
- Skills and insight
- Adoption and foster care
About Janelle
Janelle Butler is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with nine years of experience. She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, attention differences, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, and parenting strain. She also lists adoption and foster care among her additional focuses and can work with related feelings like abandonment and attachment worries.
Janelle draws on straightforward, practical approaches in sessions. She helps people notice unhelpful patterns and beliefs. Together they decide whether to change those patterns or to shift how the patterns are seen. She aims for both short-term relief and steady, lasting progress.
Her clinical background includes work in community mental health settings. That experience exposed her to many different life situations and presenting concerns. She uses tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, and client-centered methods. Sessions focus on skills practice, values-based choices, and clearer communication.
Janelle emphasizes hope as a key part of healing from loss and emotional pain. She aims to provide calm support and practical guidance while people sort through grief, trauma, or difficult life changes. Her tone is warm and direct, intended to help people feel understood and move toward steadier days.
She works with English and American Sign Language. Her practice is based in Washington and she also accepts international clients. To begin, people follow the site steps to match and schedule a session with her.
How Janelle’s approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small, committed steps toward them while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help people who feel stuck by reconnecting actions to what matters most. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and safety in connection, helping people understand and change how they relate to others. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and build new habits; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and many daily stressors.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean combining ACT, attachment-focused ideas, and CBT tools into a tailored plan that emphasizes skills practice and real-life tests of change.
Confirm current session options before booking to learn which online formats are offered. Online care can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people use written or signed communication when helpful. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, worksheets, and skills practice for online sessions so progress continues between meetings.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
9+ years
Credentials
Washington
Languages
English, American Sign Language
Frequently asked questions
What concerns can Janelle help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, trauma, parenting strain, and related topics such as abandonment and attachment issues.
What is her general therapy style?
She uses a practical, collaborative style that focuses on noticing patterns, practicing skills, and making values-based choices. Sessions aim to produce both immediate coping tools and longer-term change.
How many years of experience does she have?
She has nine years of experience working in community mental health and private practice settings, which exposed her to a wide range of presenting concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Washington LMHC, which stands for licensed mental health counselor, and her practice is based in Washington.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and American Sign Language.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She accepts international clients; confirm any country-specific details directly when arranging care.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.