About Janet
Janet Craig is an LCSW with 35 years of social work and counseling experience who helps people managing stress, anxiety, grief, family challenges, parenting concerns, self-esteem, relationship struggles, trauma, mood disorders, and life changes.
Background and approach
She draws on a long career working in settings such as child welfare, hospice, and schools to support clients across a wide range of life stages and situations. Janet emphasizes practical coping skills and compassionate listening while helping clients sort through painful emotions and chart a path forward.
Her style centers on acceptance, respect, and kindness, and she partners with clients to set realistic goals and build the resources needed to reach them. Janet has particular strengths supporting parents - especially those navigating adolescence - and has extensive experience providing bereavement counseling to individuals and families facing loss.
She also addresses issues tied to aging, blended families, caregiver stress, chronic illness, communication problems, body image, and loneliness among other concerns. Janet brings a calm, nonjudgmental presence and a belief that people have the capacity to heal.
Her practice in Illinois uses evidence-informed methods to help clients develop insight, improve coping, and make meaningful changes over time.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support
Janet draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy to guide online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify personal values, accept difficult emotions, and take committed action toward meaningful goals, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Mindfulness Therapy teaches present-moment awareness and nonjudgmental attention to thoughts and feelings, techniques that often reduce stress, improve emotional regulation, and support coping with chronic pain or grief.Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will work with each client to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, adapting methods as the relationship unfolds so therapy aligns with individual needs and priorities.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care when in-person meetings are difficult, allow for more timely check-ins, and provide multiple ways to engage in the therapeutic process depending on what works best for the client.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also works with
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English