About Janie
Dr. Janie Oliver welcomes people who are overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, or major life changes. She works with individuals facing trauma, addiction, parenting strain, career shifts, and intimacy or relationship concerns.
Her approach aims to help people feel steadier and make practical changes they can use day to day. With 21 years of experience, she focuses on straightforward, person-centered care. She listens first to understand what matters most to each person.
Background and approach
Then she uses tools from cognitive behavioral methods and emotionally-focused work to address thinking patterns and relationship dynamics. Dr. Oliver blends talk therapy with goal-focused techniques.
She helps clients identify strengths, build coping skills, and set achievable steps toward change. Motivational interviewing is used when people want help finding the motivation to change habits or address addictions. She also brings trauma-focused strategies for people who have experienced abuse or post-traumatic stress.
These methods are used carefully and at a pace the client can manage. The work pays attention to how trauma affects emotions, relationships, and daily routines. Dr.
Oliver holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential, LPC, and practices in Georgia. Sessions emphasize practical tools, clearer communication, and realistic steps for healing. She supports people from different cultural backgrounds and helps them connect therapy to real life.
How her approaches work in online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person without judgment and helping them set their own goals. It helps people gain clarity, build self-trust, and make choices that feel right for them.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behaviors. It uses practical exercises and simple experiments to change unhelpful thinking and learn new coping skills for anxiety, depression, and stress.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy addresses patterns in relationships and how emotions shape interactions. It helps people improve communication, repair connection, and work through intimacy-related struggles.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss what feels most useful based on a person's goals, history, and preferences, and then try methods that fit. That collaborative process makes it easier to adjust when something isn't helping.
Online therapy offers flexible options like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports brief check-ins, and messaging suits ongoing coaching or quick reflections. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to keep steady progress over time.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English