About Janelle
Janelle Butler is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in Washington. She helps people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, addictions, grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy concerns, and many everyday struggles. She speaks English and American Sign Language and brings nine years of practice to her work.
Janelle started in community mental health in the greater Seattle area and later expanded her practice while continuing to serve Washington.
Background and approach
That background gave her exposure to many life situations and a wide range of concerns. She aims to help people notice patterns that keep them stuck and to find practical ways to change how they respond. Her approach is straightforward and collaborative.
Janelle uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and build new skills. She also draws on acceptance and commitment ideas to help clients clarify values and take meaningful action despite painful feelings. Attachment-informed work and client-centered principles shape how she builds trust.
Sessions focus on clear goals, steady support, and learning techniques that fit everyday life. Janelle recognizes that lasting change usually takes time and consistent effort. People who work with her often get help managing symptoms, rebuilding routine, improving communication, and reestablishing hope after loss or trauma.
She combines practical skill-building with a steady, respectful presence to help clients move toward more manageable days.
Therapeutic Approaches That Work Online
Janelle commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy in her online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, ADHD-related challenges, and sleep or eating concerns. Acceptance and commitment therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, values-driven steps even when feelings are difficult, which is useful for grief, mood issues, and chronic stress.Finding the right approach is part of the process. She will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and how they respond to different techniques. Together they choose and adjust methods so sessions match real life needs and feel manageable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people work face-to-face when attention to facial cues matters, while phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and messaging suit ongoing coaching, brief check-ins, or times when writing feels clearer than speaking. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English, American Sign Language
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