About Janice
Janice Doan is a licensed clinician in Maryland with more than 22 years of experience. She holds an MD and is an LCSW-C, and she focuses on clear, practical help for common struggles like anxiety, depression, parenting stress, and ADHD. Her style is warm and interactive and she aims to treat people with respect and sensitivity.
She spent over a decade supporting people who survived trauma and abuse, including domestic violence.
Background and approach
That background informs how she approaches safety, pacing, and trust in sessions. Janice uses approaches that balance skills practice with deeper reflection to address both immediate symptoms and longer patterns. Her work draws from client-centered therapy to keep the conversation focused on each person's goals.
She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are used when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed. Janice blends mindfulness and psychodynamic ideas when helpful, bringing awareness to present experience and to patterns rooted in past relationships.
She adapts the pace and tools to what the person needs rather than offering a one-size-fits-all plan. Sessions can address a wide range of concerns including grief, relationship strain, anger, bipolar mood issues, OCD or panic, and life transitions. She is especially attentive to parenting challenges and the daily demands that increase stress.
People who reach out will find straightforward conversation, concrete strategies, and support in setting workable goals. Janice aims to help people build skills they can use between sessions and to move toward clearer routines and better coping.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's goals and experience. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps shape sessions around the individual’s priorities. This approach is useful when someone needs acceptance and a collaborative space to sort through problems.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) teaches practical ways to spot unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that maintain distress. It often includes simple homework like tracking thoughts or testing new behaviors, which can fit naturally into video or phone sessions.
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) offers skill-building for managing strong emotions, tolerating distress, and improving interpersonal effectiveness. These skills are useful for mood swings, intense anger, panic, or for improving everyday coping.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps. Finding the right mix of skills work and deeper reflection usually happens over a few sessions.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and coaching. Phone sessions can be easier when a video connection is not possible or when bandwidth is low. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, skill reminders, or when someone prefers written communication. These options aim to add flexibility so therapy fits into daily life rather than requiring a perfect schedule.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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