Janice Harbin , LPC

Janice Harbin is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with three decades of experience in mental health. She draws on practical, evidence-based approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, and depression. Her work also addresses relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, eating and sleeping problems, and ADHD-related struggles.

She began her career working with children and adolescents and has spent the past ten years focused mainly on adults. Janice has worked in outpatient mental health settings and alongside psychiatric services when combined care was helpful. She has also worked with people dealing with substance use and was part of a drug court treatment team for several years.

In sessions she emphasizes understanding the problem behind a behavior rather than just labeling the behavior itself. She uses practical approaches like acceptance and commitment techniques, cognitive work to shift unhelpful thoughts, and mindfulness practices to settle attention. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused ideas also guide short-term goals and change planning.

Janice brings a faith background to her personal life and finds that spirituality can be a source of strength for some clients. She respects each person’s values and works collaboratively to set goals that feel realistic and meaningful. Her style is straightforward and down-to-earth, with a focus on real steps people can try between sessions.

Outside of practice she enjoys biking, walking, and spending time with family, including her children and grandchildren. She sees therapy as a practical partnership to help people navigate rocky times and move toward clearer, more manageable days.

Therapeutic approaches for online care and practical change

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choosing actions that match what matters most. It can help with anxiety, stress, and life transitions by shifting how a person responds to inner experiences. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors link together and teaches simple strategies to test and change unhelpful thinking patterns, which is useful for depression, anxiety, and coping with cravings.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide whether to lean more on acceptance-based practices, cognitive techniques, mindfulness, or motivational interviewing depending on the situation.

Online formats in this practice include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues for deeper conversation, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, live chat helps with focused problem-solving, and text messaging supports ongoing coaching and brief updates between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and varying needs.