About Janet
Janet Craig, LCSW, helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, parenting challenges, relationship struggles, and ADHD. She draws on 35 years of social work and counseling experience in Illinois. Her manner is calm and straightforward, focused on practical steps people can try between sessions.
Janet has worked in child welfare, hospice, and schools, so she’s used to meeting people at different life stages. She often supports parents as they figure out how to handle teenagers and changing family dynamics.
Background and approach
She also spends time with people who are grieving and with those coping with long-term illness or caregiver stress. Her style centers on listening first and then helping people set goals they find meaningful. She uses acceptance-based and mindfulness approaches to help reduce struggle with painful thoughts and feelings.
Solution-focused strategies are used to identify small, doable changes that add up over time. Sessions are practical and down-to-earth. Janet talks through everyday obstacles and offers simple tools for sleep, stress, and managing emotions.
She encourages clients to try techniques between visits and bring back what worked and what didn’t. Her long career gives her experience with a wide range of concerns such as depression, bipolar mood challenges, anger, self-harm thoughts, caregiver strain, and issues around aging and end-of-life care. She frames work as a collaborative process where the client guides the goals.
Janet practices as a licensed clinical social worker in Illinois and conducts sessions in English. She aims to meet people where they are and help them make steady, realistic progress toward the life they want.
How her approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without letting those thoughts control decisions. It focuses on values and small committed actions, which can help when managing anxiety, ADHD-related overwhelm, or life transitions. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and feedback so the person feels heard; this can be helpful for building self-esteem and working through grief. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and improve sleep and emotional regulation, useful for stress and anger management.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Janet will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. She tailors strategies and checks in on what helps, adjusting plans collaboratively as progress is made.
Online sessions offer flexibility for people with busy schedules or limited travel options. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a short break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, between-session support, or when writing feels easier than talking. These options make it simpler to keep consistent work toward goals from wherever the client is located in Illinois.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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