Janette Hernandez , LMFT

Janette Hernandez, LMFT, uses a person-centered approach to guide people through stress, relationship struggles, and life changes. She draws on eight years of clinical experience in California to help people facing anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma. Janette keeps sessions straightforward and focused on what matters most to each person. Her work often addresses relationship and family concerns, intimacy and attachment issues, and challenges tied to identity such as LGBT-related struggles. She also supports people dealing with eating and body image issues, substance use, and anger or self-esteem problems. Janette listens first, then helps build achievable steps forward. Therapy sessions combine methods from attachment-based work, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and mindfulness, alongside client-centered principles. That mix lets her tailor strategies to each person’s needs. She emphasizes small, practical changes that reduce distress and improve daily functioning. Janette has experience with abandonment wounds, codependency, communication and control issues, and family-of-origin dynamics. She helps people untangle patterns that repeat across relationships and life stages. When trauma or past hurts surface, she supports pacing and safety while addressing core problems. People who choose Janette can expect a collaborative tone. She values direct conversation and helps clients set concrete goals. Sessions aim to increase skills for coping, improve relationships, and restore a clearer sense of purpose and self-worth.

Approach and online care that fit your needs

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. It looks at attachment and connection so people can understand repeating relationship hurts and build more secure ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replace them with practical skills to reduce anxiety and depression. It is useful for mood, worry, and coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose which methods to try based on goals, concerns, and preferences. That plan can change over time as progress is made and new needs appear.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can fit into a busy day or when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging support brief check-ins or ongoing skill practice between meetings. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, and daily life while still accessing consistent therapeutic support.