About Janet
Janet Lengsfelder uses relationship-focused therapies to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and life transitions. She blends attachment-based ideas with emotionally-focused and client-centered approaches to help people feel steadier and more connected.
Background and approach
Janet earned her LMFT credential and brings 25 years of experience to her work in California. She began her career as a nurse, where caring for people through illness shaped her view of healing.
That hands-on experience led her to study therapy and add deeper emotional support to her work. She completed graduate training and a three-year Gestalt program that broadened how she helps people process strong feelings.
Janet focuses on helping people understand their life patterns and strengthen their sense of self. Sessions often include talking through relationship pain, grief, addiction struggles, parenting stress, and career or control issues.
She pays attention to attachment concerns, communication problems, codependency, and issues that arise after loss or during serious illness. Her approach is practical and grounded.
She listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people find small steps that change how they react to hard moments. Clients learn ways to lessen panic, handle disappointment, and face difficult emotions without feeling overwhelmed.
Janet describes therapy as a shared journey. She invites people to take risks that lead to growth and fuller living while offering steady guidance along the way.
Her background in nursing and long clinical experience inform a calm, experienced presence in sessions.
How attachment and emotionally-focused work online
Attachment-based therapy looks at how early relationships shape current connection patterns; online sessions use conversation and reflection to notice those patterns and try new ways of relating. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and name core emotions, then practice responding differently in relationships to reduce reactivity and increase closeness.Client-Centered Therapy prioritizes the person's perspective and pace, with the therapist offering empathic listening and gentle guidance. Janet will work together with each person to decide which approaches fit best, adjusting methods as goals and needs evolve. That collaborative process helps people feel involved in shaping their care rather than having a fixed plan imposed on them.
Online formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent around busy lives. Video calls let people read facial expressions and body language for deeper emotional work. Phone sessions can be a simple option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief updates, homework exchanges, or ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These options give flexibility so therapy can fit work, caregiving, or treatment schedules.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English