Janet Sohmer

Janet Sohmer is an Ohio licensed professional counselor clinical candidate (LPCC) with 25 years of experience. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and anger. Janet aims to create an honest, nonjudgmental space where people can say what they really feel and start to make changes.

Janet helps people work through relationship struggles and problems of daily living. She also supports those facing trauma and abuse, panic attacks, and shifting life roles. Sessions often address self-esteem, motivation, and feelings of emptiness or isolation.

Her approach uses clear, skill-based methods drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. Mindfulness practices are used to help people manage strong emotions and notice unhelpful patterns. Janet breaks things down into simple steps so skills can be tried between sessions.

She emphasizes collaboration and practical plans. Conversations focus on what is happening now and specific tools a person can use immediately. Over time the work aims to reduce intense reactions, improve communication, and rebuild a sense of purpose.

Janet works in Ohio and conducts sessions in English. She encourages people to take the first step and complete a short questionnaire to match with her, then schedule according to availability.

How CBT, DBT, and Mindfulness Translate to Online Work

CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. Online sessions can work through thought patterns, set small experiments, and review results together to reduce anxiety and improve mood.

DBT teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication. In remote sessions a therapist can coach skills, role-play difficult conversations, and practice grounding techniques for strong anger or panic moments.

Mindfulness therapy brings attention to the present moment and to bodily cues. Simple breathing and awareness exercises are taught and practiced to reduce reactivity and increase calm in daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about needs, goals, and preferences, and then help decide which methods to emphasize. This is a collaborative process that can shift as progress is made.

Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Licensed professionals can use remote sessions to teach skills, review homework, and support steady change without promising specific outcomes.