- 21 years experience
- LMFT California
- Mindfulness and CBT
About Janet
Janet Giles is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in California. She has 21 years of clinical experience and works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, parenting challenges, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem issues, and related struggles. She also supports those dealing with caregiver stress, codependency, communication problems, compassion fatigue, anger, intimacy questions, and ADHD-related concerns.
Janet has worked in a range of clinical settings and has taught psychology courses as an adjunct professor for National University in their counseling program. Her teaching included Lifespan Development, Child and Adolescent Development, Theories of Personality, and Psychopathology. She brings practical experience from both therapy work and the classroom to her clinical approach.
Her work adapts to the issue at hand. She commonly uses cognitive behavioral methods, client and strength-based ideas, and mindfulness practices to help people identify unhelpful patterns and build healthier habits. She will also draw on other techniques if a situation calls for them.
Janet aims to make the therapy room comfortable and approachable. She describes a collaborative relationship where people set goals and try small changes between sessions. She also brings creativity into the process, drawing on her interests in art, sewing, knitting, and chess to support different ways of thinking and relating.
For people focused on self esteem, Janet helps explore beliefs about worth, reduce self-critical thinking, and practice kinder self-talk alongside goal-focused steps toward greater confidence.
Janet has worked in a range of clinical settings and has taught psychology courses as an adjunct professor for National University in their counseling program. Her teaching included Lifespan Development, Child and Adolescent Development, Theories of Personality, and Psychopathology. She brings practical experience from both therapy work and the classroom to her clinical approach.
Her work adapts to the issue at hand. She commonly uses cognitive behavioral methods, client and strength-based ideas, and mindfulness practices to help people identify unhelpful patterns and build healthier habits. She will also draw on other techniques if a situation calls for them.
Janet aims to make the therapy room comfortable and approachable. She describes a collaborative relationship where people set goals and try small changes between sessions. She also brings creativity into the process, drawing on her interests in art, sewing, knitting, and chess to support different ways of thinking and relating.
For people focused on self esteem, Janet helps explore beliefs about worth, reduce self-critical thinking, and practice kinder self-talk alongside goal-focused steps toward greater confidence.