About Janis
Janis Edralin offers support for people facing addictions, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, grief, and LGBT-related concerns. She writes plainly and listens closely to help people find steadier footing. Janis brings almost two decades of counseling experience and uses clear, practical steps in sessions.
She works with clients to identify strengths and set small, manageable goals. Conversations focus on what matters to the client and on building skills that help in daily life.
Background and approach
Her style is collaborative and respectful - she treats each person as the expert on their experience. Janis holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Counselor Education and Supervision from St. Mary's University and is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, in Texas.
Her background includes roles as an LPC mentor and adjunct professor, which shape how she teaches and supports people in therapy. Her professional life also includes international work in the Peace Corps and leadership roles in corporate and nonprofit settings. Those experiences inform a multicultural and creative perspective in sessions.
She often brings structure and discipline from her athletic past to help clients stay on track. Outside of counseling she enjoys hiking, biking, fencing, and reading poetry. She frames therapy as a step-by-step process and aims to make the work understandable and doable for people juggling busy lives.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify their values and take small, committed steps toward a life they care about. It focuses on actions that matter rather than trying to eliminate all uncomfortable feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical tools to change patterns that cause distress. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and coping with loss. Attachment-Based Therapy examines how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people build more supported ways of relating and communicating.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences and then recommend or combine methods that fit your situation. This is a collaborative process where adjustments are made over time based on what helps you make progress.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversations and teaching new skills. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging suit quick updates, journaling between sessions, or people who prefer writing. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep work on progress between meetings.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English