About Janice
Janice Harbin uses a practical, person-centered approach to help people handle stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, depression, and life changes. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with three decades of experience in mental health. Janice works directly with adults and draws on clear, plain language in sessions so people can focus on next steps.
Over 30 years Janice has worked in outpatient mental health settings and with people facing addiction. She spent several years on a drug court treatment team and has long experience referring clients for psychiatric consultation when needed.
Background and approach
Her focus is on understanding the problems that contribute to addictive behavior rather than only addressing the symptom. Janice uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside client-centered and mindfulness approaches. She also incorporates motivational interviewing techniques to help people find motivation for change.
These methods are applied in straightforward ways - identifying unhelpful thinking, practicing small behavioral changes, and clarifying personal values. She brings a calm, grounded style to sessions and emphasizes practical strategies people can use between meetings. Janice pays attention to relationship and family dynamics, parenting stresses, sleep and eating concerns, and the effects of trauma and grief on day-to-day life.
Outside of work Janice enjoys being outdoors, biking, and walking with family. She mentions a Christian background and the role faith and prayer play in her life, and is open to integrating clients' values when appropriate.
Therapeutic approaches that translate well online
Janice often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. ACT focuses on clarifying what matters most to a person and taking committed steps toward those values, which can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. CBT looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to reduce distress and change unhelpful patterns, useful for anxiety, sleep, and mood concerns.Finding the right approach is a team effort. Janice will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences, and she adjusts strategies over time based on what helps most. This collaborative process aims to make sessions feel relevant and doable.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, so people can pick what fits their routine. Video is good for fuller conversations and visual cues, phone calls work when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers a quicker back-and-forth, and text messaging can support brief check-ins or coaching between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to keep consistent momentum toward goals.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English