Janis E. Yates

Janis E. Yates is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia who helps people facing major life changes and painful transitions. She greets clients with a calm, straightforward approach and focuses on building on each person's strengths. Janis emphasizes practical steps and steady support for people who feel stuck or uncertain.

She works with concerns such as addictions, relationship strain, low self-esteem, stress, anxiety, grief, and career shifts. Her work also addresses control issues, drug and alcohol addiction, forgiveness, life purpose, self-love, and women's issues. Sessions focus on small, doable changes that add up over time.

Janis uses client-centered methods alongside Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy. Those approaches guide conversations, challenge unhelpful thinking, and set clear short-term goals. The room is meant to be a place for practical planning, honest reflection, and renewed motivation.

She brings six years of counseling experience to her practice and values collaboration. Janis encourages people to name what matters most and to try steps that fit their daily life. She supports each person as they test new behaviors and adjust plans that don’t work.

If someone is ready to explore coping with life changes, Janis helps make the process manageable and clear. Her style is direct, empathetic, and geared toward real-world change.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following what the person says. It helps when someone needs space to make sense of big changes and to find their own direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions link together and uses clear steps to change patterns that cause stress or anxiety.

Choosing a method is a team decision. Janis will talk with each person about their goals, concerns, and what feels most useful. Together they will try an approach and adjust it as needed so the work fits the person's life and pace.

Confirm the therapist's current session options before booking to know which online formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people continue steady support while navigating work, school, or caregiving responsibilities.