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Janet Hardin

Compassionate, practical therapy for life transitions

LCSW Arizona

Experience
10 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Self esteem, Bipolar
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Languages
English
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About Janet

Janet Hardin is an Arizona-based licensed clinical social worker with ten years of experience helping people navigate complex emotional challenges. She draws on a range of evidence-informed methods, including cognitive behavioral therapy, to support clients facing anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, stress, and issues with self-esteem.

Background and approach

Her practice also addresses relationship and family concerns, grief and trauma, substance-related struggles, and compassion fatigue. Janet takes a compassionate, holistic stance that emphasizes emotional safety and practical skills.

She works with people coping with chronic illness, caregiver stress, aging and geriatric concerns, parenting pressures, and midlife transitions, paying attention to multicultural context and individual values. Her style blends active, goal-focused techniques with client-centered listening so people can build resilience, repair communication patterns, and reduce isolation.

Clients can expect collaborative problem-solving and attention to both symptom relief and longer-term personal growth. Janet offers support for intimacy-related issues, forgiveness and shame work, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and career or life-change adjustments while helping clients discover doable steps toward healthier coping and improved daily functioning.

Approaches that translate to online care

Janet commonly integrates cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy into her online practice. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying patterns of thought and behavior that maintain distress and teaching practical techniques to change them, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems. Acceptance and commitment therapy emphasizes values-based action and learning to relate differently to painful thoughts and feelings, making it useful for coping with chronic illness, grief, and persistent mood concerns.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. She works with clients to explore what techniques feel most helpful, adjusting methods to match each person’s goals, life circumstances, and preferences rather than applying a single model to every case.

Offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging supports flexibility for people juggling caregiving, work, or health challenges. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and access therapeutic work from a familiar setting, while allowing licensed professionals to combine skill-building, reflective conversation, and brief check-ins according to what fits a client’s routine and needs.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Janet address most often?
She works with a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, self-esteem struggles, grief, trauma and abuse, and relationship or family issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
The approach combines compassionate, client-centered listening with practical tools; she often uses cognitive behavioral strategies alongside mindfulness and acceptance-based techniques.
What is her professional background?
Janet has ten years of clinical experience working with adults on mood disorders, caregiver stress, chronic illness concerns, and midlife transitions.
Where is she licensed and how is that listed?
She practices in Arizona and holds the credential AZ LCSW LCSW-13061 as a licensed clinical social worker.
Does she provide services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
Appointments are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietySelf esteemBipolar disorderDepressionCompassion fatigue

Also works with

AddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesCareer difficultiesCoping with life changes

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingIsolation / lonelinessMidlife crisisMood disordersMulticultural concernsPostpartum depressionPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveWomen's issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)HypnotherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

10+ years

Licensed

Arizona

Languages

English