Janice Gillmore

Janice Gillmore, LPC, helps people facing major life changes, stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship strain. She writes and talks plainly with clients about what matters right now. Her approach aims to make daily life feel more manageable and meaningful.

Janice brings 35 years of experience in counseling and human development. She holds a Master’s degree in Counseling and Human Development and is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Virginia. Over her career she has worked in both private and public settings and with a wide range of concerns including depression, PTSD, addiction, parenting strain, and issues around intimacy and self-worth.

She describes her work as psycho-spiritual counseling and integrates clients’ personal values and spiritual paths when helpful. Janice also has training as a yoga teacher and a meditation teacher and can share practices when clients want them.

In sessions she uses methods drawn from emotionally-focused work, mindfulness, psychodynamic ideas, trauma-focused methods, and Internal Family Systems. That mix is used to help people understand painful patterns, name their emotions, and try new ways of relating to themselves and others.

Her focus includes life transitions, relational conflict, grief, anger, compassion fatigue, and process addictions among other concerns. She encourages a practical, step-by-step pace so people can test out changes between sessions and notice what helps.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and name emotions that shape their relationships. It is useful when strong feelings or recurring conflicts get in the way of connection.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and calm racing thoughts. It can help with anxiety, stress, and coping after loss or trauma.

Psychodynamic ideas look at recurring patterns that started earlier in life and still influence current choices and relationships. This can help people understand why they repeat the same reactions and find new options.

Choosing an approach is a team effort. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences. That means trying things out, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan as work progresses.

The biography does not specify which online or in-person session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, avoid travel time, or have a shorter check-in when needed. It also allows the therapist to share mindfulness and meditation practices directly and to use conversation-based tools to address relationship and trauma-related material. Licensed professionals can tailor sessions so therapeutic work fits into everyday life.