Janice Loboda , LPCC

Janice Loboda is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) in California who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and parenting or family strain. She supports those facing relationship challenges, grief, trauma, addiction concerns, anger, and issues around self-esteem and life purpose. Her work also addresses ADHD, workplace stress, and women's issues.

Janice began her clinical work in substance use treatment, supporting people in both inpatient and outpatient settings. She spent time helping teenagers and their families as they worked toward recovery. That early work shaped a practical, problem-solving approach that she still uses today.

In private practice she has focused on parents feeling overwhelmed by family demands. She assists caregivers with stress management and navigates school systems to pursue educational supports like 504 and IEP accommodations when appropriate. She also works with adult professionals on career stress, burnout, and finding renewed purpose at work.

Her style is straightforward and collaborative. Janice uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to teach concrete skills. She draws on attachment-based ideas to understand relationship patterns, and on dialectical behavior therapy for emotion regulation work.

With 15 years of experience, she aims to make sessions useful from the first meeting. Janice listens, helps set clear goals, and practices techniques with clients so they can try them between sessions. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs.

Therapeutic approaches for online sessions

Janice commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy in her online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. Acceptance and commitment therapy helps people clarify values and take committed action while practicing acceptance of difficult feelings.

She also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationship patterns affect current connections. That approach can help people improve communication, set healthier boundaries, and understand repeated relationship cycles.

Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. Janice will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide whether to focus on skills training, values-driven goals, or examining relationship patterns, and can adjust the plan over time.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a short break or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, skill practice, or ongoing coaching between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family and work schedules.