About Jane
Jane Rhea practices from a client-centered framework that blends mindfulness, motivational interviewing, narrative, and solution-focused techniques to support people navigating stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, bipolar symptoms, and identity-related concerns.
Background and approach
Jane uses eleven years of social work experience and a lived background in disability advocacy to shape interventions that attend to practical goals like career transitions, coping with life changes, and managing compassion fatigue and ADHD. Grounded in disability studies and social work training, Jane brings a neurodiversity and disability pride perspective to counseling and coaching.
That orientation informs work with clients facing chronic pain, intellectual disability, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, social anxiety, isolation, traumatic brain injury, and other overlapping challenges. She frames employment and occupation-seeking as a productive starting point for broader life change and explores how financial and vocational issues intersect with mental health.
Licensed as an LCSW in Illinois, Jane combines advocacy experience with therapeutic skill to help clients articulate values, build coping strategies, and pursue concrete goals. She offers services in English and accepts international clients, integrating practical problem-solving with attention to narrative and meaning.
Therapeutic approaches suited for online care
Jane combines client-centered therapy with mindfulness and motivational interviewing to support change in online sessions. Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person's experience and building a collaborative relationship to help clarify goals and values. Mindfulness therapy teaches present-moment awareness and practical skills for managing anxiety, depression, and stress. Motivational interviewing uses open questions and reflective listening to help people resolve ambivalence and find their own motivation for change.Finding the right approach is part of the work together, and the therapist collaborates with clients to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. Jane draws on different techniques as appropriate rather than relying on a single method, and she adjusts plans over time to reflect what is most helpful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules, mobility limitations, or geographic distance. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, practice skills between meetings, and access consistent support regardless of location.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English