Jana Grooms

Jana Grooms is a licensed counselor who helps people facing trauma, anxiety, depression, stress, and relationship and intimacy concerns. She brings more than 22 years of clinical experience and focuses on making therapy feel calm and manageable for someone who’s carrying a lot. Jana is licensed in Florida as an LMHC and in Illinois as an LCPC and works with people who want practical tools alongside emotional support.

Her style is warm, steady, and non-judgmental. Sessions aim to be a space where people can speak honestly without pressure. Jana often pairs talk-based work with techniques that focus on the body and on processing distressing memories when needed.

Jana uses trauma-focused methods alongside attachment-based and client-centered approaches. She also incorporates cognitive behavioral strategies and DBT skills when helpful. This mix is used to reduce symptoms, improve coping, and help people make clearer decisions in daily life.

Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns including addictions, self-esteem, eating and sleeping problems, anger, career stress, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Additional attention is given to issues like abandonment, attachment struggles, body image, and family of origin matters.

Jana presents practical tools such as grounding, emotion regulation skills, and focused memory processing. She works collaboratively to set goals and move at a pace that feels right. When you’re ready to start, she guides people through clear next steps to get connected.

How Jana’s approaches translate to online therapy

Trauma-Focused Therapy focuses on helping people process distressing memories and reduce the power of triggers. In practice this can mean shorter, guided exercises to reframe a memory and reduce its emotional charge. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship experiences shape current patterns and helps people build steadier ways of connecting and trusting. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s experience by following their pace and priorities, with the therapist offering reflective listening and support.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Jana will collaborate with each person to identify which methods fit their needs and goals. She adjusts techniques over time so sessions stay practical and relevant to daily life.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm current session options before booking because formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow for shorter check-ins when time is tight, and let people use calmer surroundings that reduce distractions. Licensed professionals can also teach breathing and grounding exercises, walk through emotion-regulation skills, and guide focused memory-processing steps in a way that fits regular life routines.