- Attachment focus
- Emotionally-Focused work
- Mindfulness tools
About Janet
Janet Lengsfelder is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 25 years of clinical experience. She draws on a background in nursing and later graduate-level training to help people face stress, anxiety, grief, relationship problems, parenting strains, depression, addiction concerns, and trauma. Janet works with adults navigating major life changes and emotional overwhelm.
She began her career as a nurse and moved into psychotherapy to support the whole person beyond physical recovery. That clinical history informs her focus on practical emotional care and on supporting people who need steady guidance through difficult periods. Her approach emphasizes noticing life patterns and building a clearer sense of self.
Janet uses Attachment-Based Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to look at how relationships shape feelings and reactions. She also draws on Client-Centered and mindfulness ideas to keep sessions grounded and approachable. Those methods help with intimacy struggles, communication problems, and attachment issues.
In sessions she encourages people to identify recurring life themes and to practice small changes that reduce panic and make distress more manageable. She frames hard feelings as understandable signals rather than personal failures. The work can shift overwhelming fear into more bearable sadness or disappointment.
Janet offers straightforward challenge alongside support, inviting clients to take risks toward fuller living. She also has experience with caregiving stress, end-of-life and hospice related concerns, and issues that follow medical crises. Her clinical background in nursing and long practice shape a practical, emotionally attentive style.
How her approaches translate to online work
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape how people react to stress and closeness. Online sessions can focus on patterns in relationships and on practicing new ways of communicating and connecting with others.Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people name and reorganize core emotions that drive their responses, especially in intimate relationships. In video or phone conversations EFT techniques can be used to identify triggers, track emotional sequences, and rehearse different responses to reduce conflict and create steadier connections.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Janet will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and the problems they want to address. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as needed.
Session formats were not detailed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions often help fit therapy into busy schedules, make shorter check-ins possible during work or school breaks, and remove the need to travel to an office. Licensed professionals commonly use conversations and mindfulness exercises that transfer well to remote appointments, and Janet adapts her relational and emotion-focused methods to whatever session format is arranged.
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Experience
25+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Janet works with stress, anxiety, relationships, grief, parenting, depression, addictions, trauma, intimacy issues, anger, and career concerns among others.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
She combines Attachment-Based, Emotionally-Focused, and Client-Centered ideas with mindfulness and practical guidance to help people notice patterns and change responses.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 25 years of experience, including an earlier career as a nurse and graduate training in psychotherapy methods.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, CA LMFT, practicing in California.
Does she work with clients who speak other languages or live abroad?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats were not specified in the biography.
How much does therapy with her cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I need to do to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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