About Janice
Janice Nass is a licensed clinical social worker with 40 years of professional experience who helps people navigate periods of change, loss, and emotional struggle.
Background and approach
She draws on a long career in social work that includes roles in long term care, hospice, administration, and mental health practice to guide clients toward greater resilience and clearer direction. Using plain, practical language she helps clients reframe unhelpful thinking, examine core beliefs, and identify self-care and support systems that reflect their values.
Her approach emphasizes learning to respond differently to life transitions rather than attempting to control change itself. She blends cognitive behavioral techniques with acceptance-oriented strategies and client-centered listening, then adds solution-focused tools to tailor the work to each person.
Janice encourages exploration of communication patterns and relationships as part of a broader plan to reduce distress from anxiety, grief, depression, chronic illness or disability, and other concerns listed in her specialties.
Throughout her practice she emphasizes empowerment and gradual course correction, helping people accept discomfort as part of growth while pursuing realistic actions that align with their needs and goals. Based in Florida, she offers a steady, experience-informed perspective for those seeking thoughtful, values-based change.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice and accept difficult thoughts and feelings while identifying personal values to guide meaningful action; it is often useful when clients struggle with anxiety, depression, or life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and practicing skills to change behaviors and emotional responses, which can be effective for problems like anxiety, depression, and coping with stress. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathetic listening and respect for the client's perspective, creating a collaborative space to explore beliefs, values, and goals.
Choosing the right method is part of the therapeutic process, and the therapist works collaboratively with each person to determine which approaches best fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Over time the plan may integrate elements from different approaches so that treatment remains practical and aligned with what the client hopes to achieve.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for scheduling and communication style. These options make it easier to attend regular sessions despite geographic or time constraints and allow clients to continue work on skills and supports between meetings through messaging and chat tools.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Janice address?
What is Janice's therapeutic style like?
How much clinical experience does she have?
Where is Janice licensed and located?
Can someone who speaks another language work with her?
What session formats are available?
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
What is the first step to begin working together?
Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Florida
- Languages
- English