About Janet
Janet Bein-Hickey helps people facing relationship stress, grief and loss, low self-esteem, and major life changes. She also offers coaching around motivation and confidence.
Background and approach
Janet practices in California and brings a steady, experienced presence to sessions. She creates a welcoming space where people can talk honestly about hard feelings.
Conversations are meant to be direct and respectful, without judgment. The tone in sessions is practical and warm, aiming to help clients take next steps they can live with.
Janet draws on several therapeutic ideas to fit each person’s needs. She listens to how a person describes their life story and the patterns that cause pain.
From there she helps clients notice options and try small changes that build confidence and relieve pressure. With 25 years of professional experience, Janet blends insight-focused work with action-oriented coaching.
That means she pays attention to underlying feelings and history, while also setting clear goals and tasks between sessions. People leave with clearer choices and simple steps to practice.
Sessions may address caregiver stress, commitment and communication problems, family of origin concerns, end-of-life and hospice related grief, postpartum depression, workplace strain, and other midlife or life-transition challenges. Janet works in English and holds a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist credential (LMFT).
How Janet’s Methods Translate to Online Work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely to a person’s concerns and following their pace. It helps people feel heard and figure out what matters to them before making changes. Motivational Interviewing is a goal-focused style that helps people clarify why change matters and build commitment to small steps. It can be useful when someone feels stuck or unsure how to begin.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, history, and what feels most useful. Together they will choose whether more listening, insight work, or motivational coaching fits the situation, and then adjust as progress is made.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions are useful when video would be difficult or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging can support quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing accountability between sessions. These options help people fit therapy around work, caregiving, and busy schedules while keeping continuity of care.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
Also works with
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English