Janet Haywood , LISW, LCSW

Janet Haywood is a Licensed Independent Social Worker and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, and life transitions. She brings a calm, conversational style to sessions and aims to help clients clarify goals and manage symptoms. Janet’s background includes work with mood disorders and postpartum challenges.

Janet emphasizes practical coping skills and clear steps people can use between sessions. She often uses client-centered methods to center the person’s experience, and combines that with cognitive-behavioral tools to change unhelpful thinking patterns. Mindfulness practices are offered to help reduce anxiety and improve emotional regulation.

Her ten years of experience include crisis management, depression care, and grief work. She also supports people dealing with caregiving stress, adoption and foster care concerns, and issues tied to pregnancy and childbirth. Veterans and those facing end-of-life situations are noted among her focus areas.

Sessions are offered in English and are based in North Carolina. Janet holds licenses in both North Carolina and South Carolina that are listed as LISW and LCSW. She describes therapy as a collaborative process where clients set the pace.

People looking for coaching around career or parenting strain can expect straightforward strategies and compassion-focused discussion. Janet blends motivational interviewing to build readiness for change with DBT skills when emotion regulation is needed. The aim is steady progress tailored to each person’s goals.

Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care

Janet frequently draws on client-centered therapy to make sessions feel collaborative and person-focused. This approach centers the client's concerns and priorities, encouraging honest conversation and shared decision making about goals and next steps.

She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify and change unhelpful thought patterns that feed anxiety or low mood. CBT offers clear exercises and homework that translate well to online sessions, such as tracking thoughts and testing assumptions between meetings.

Dialectical behavior therapy skills are offered when emotion regulation or interpersonal effectiveness is a focus. DBT provides practical tools for managing intense feelings, reducing impulsive reactions, and improving communication in stressful moments.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Janet will work with each person to match methods to their needs, goals, and preferences rather than imposing a single style. That conversation helps shape a plan that feels doable and relevant to everyday life.

Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversations and guided exercises, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins, tracking progress, or scheduling quick coaching prompts. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy into busy routines and different environments.