Jane Meyers , LCSW

Jane Meyers is an LCSW with 23 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship problems. She also supports concerns like trauma and abuse, self-esteem, addictions, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting strain, and mood issues including bipolar. Jane practices from New York and offers therapy in English. Her approach centers on helping people find answers within themselves. She uses listening and reflective questions to clarify what matters to each person. Practical tools come next, chosen together based on the problem at hand. Over two decades of practice has included many settings. Jane has worked in behavioral health supervision and mobile services, and she has maintained a private practice to broaden her experience. Her clinical training spans multiple models, and she draws on that range to match methods to needs. In sessions she combines client-centered care with structured skills when helpful. Cognitive strategies are used to notice unhelpful thinking and change behavior. Dialectical skills support emotional regulation and coping for intense feelings. Jane frames therapy as a collaborative process. She aims for straightforward conversation, clear goals, and concrete steps people can try between sessions. She welcomes questions and adjusts pace to what feels useful for each person. Her background includes a Master of Social Work from Marywood University and a long career in social work beginning in 2001. Jane mentions a particular interest in women's issues and in making counseling accessible through teletherapy and varied session formats.

Approach-based online therapy and flexible session formats

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person and their goals. The therapist listens closely and reflects what matters, helping people identify their own solutions and priorities. This approach is useful for building confidence, navigating life transitions, and improving self-understanding.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and actions. It uses clear exercises to test and change unhelpful thinking and to build new habits, which helps with anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness for recurring patterns of emotional crisis.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and adjusts techniques as progress is made. This keeps sessions practical and tailored.

Online therapy lets people choose formats that suit their life. Video calls approximate face-to-face conversation; phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or for people who prefer writing. These options offer flexibility to fit sessions into busy schedules and varied daily routines.