Janice Harbin

Janice Harbin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with three decades in mental health care. She began her career working with children and adolescents and has spent the last ten years focusing mainly on adults. Janice draws on long-term experience supporting people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, grief, depression, and a wide range of life changes.

Her approach centers on Trauma-Focused Therapy combined with practical methods like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. She looks beyond surface symptoms to understand the issues that contribute to them. For people struggling with addiction, she views the substance use as a symptom and seeks the underlying problems that feed it.

Janice uses client-centered work and mindfulness techniques to help people notice what matters and make changes that fit their lives. Sessions are conversational and grounded, with clear goals and steps to try between meetings. She also draws on motivational interviewing and solution-focused strategies to help people move forward when they feel stuck.

Her background includes outpatient mental health work and collaboration with psychiatric services when needed. She spent several years on a drug court treatment team, giving her years of practical experience with addiction-related concerns. Janice combines clinical experience with a personal faith perspective when clients request that kind of support.

Outside of practice she enjoys biking, walking, and time with her family and grandchildren. She invites people to bring their real-life struggles to sessions and to work together on the next steps of their journey.

How therapeutic approaches shape online sessions

Janice uses Trauma-Focused Therapy to help people who carry the effects of past harm. This approach aims to identify how troublesome memories and reactions show up now and to build skills for managing those responses. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values, even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present.

She also relies on Client-Centered Therapy, which centers conversations on the person's experience and priorities. That means the therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and works with the client to set goals and try practical steps between sessions. Choosing the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process; Janice will discuss options and tailor methods to fit a person's goals and preferences rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan.

The practical benefits of online work include fitting sessions into busy days and keeping continuity when schedules change. Because the biography does not specify exact session formats, confirm the available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to have shorter check-ins, schedule appointments during a work break, or avoid travel time - helping therapy fit into everyday life.