Janet Sohmer

Janet Sohmer is an Ohio licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) with 25 years of experience. She focuses on anxiety, depression, stress, and relationship concerns. She also helps people coping with life changes and grief and works with issues like self-esteem, motivation, and trauma and abuse.

Janet aims to make sessions feel straightforward and practical. She creates a calm space where clients can talk through feelings without judgment. She emphasizes small, achievable steps that build confidence over time.

Her approach draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy ideas to help people notice unhelpful thinking and practice new reactions. Janet also uses mindfulness techniques to help clients stay present and reduce overwhelm. These tools are used to address panic, mood shifts, and persistent worry.

Janet has worked across many settings over her career and has supported people through midlife changes, family of origin issues, and struggles with emptiness or feeling disconnected. She also helps those dealing with abandonment, codependency, commitment and communication problems.

Clients who are feeling isolated or lonely may find practical strategies and coping skills through her work. She helps people identify small behavior changes, improve communication, and rebuild a sense of purpose. Getting started involves a brief matching questionnaire and scheduling based on therapist availability.

How CBT, DBT, and Mindfulness Translate to Online Care

Janet uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot patterns of thinking that feed anxiety or depression and replace them with more helpful habits. CBT sessions focus on identifying specific thoughts and trying small behavior experiments to test new responses.

Dialectical behavior therapy contributes practical skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. DBT-style tools such as emotion regulation and distress tolerance can help with panic, impulsivity, and overwhelming anger.

Mindfulness therapy emphasizes simple present-moment practices that reduce rumination and increase awareness of bodily signals. These practices are often paired with CBT and DBT techniques to make skills easier to use day to day.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match goals, needs, and preferences, and adjust the plan over time based on what helps most.

The original profile does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Many people find learning skills digitally lets them practice between sessions and bring questions back to therapy for troubleshooting.