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Janet Natale

Compassionate guidance for practical change

LMFT California

Experience
31 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, LGBT
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English
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About Janet

Janet Natale is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with over three decades of clinical experience in California. She has worked across independent practice, school-based settings, and community programs, bringing an informed perspective on relational counseling, addictions, emotional disorders, and foster care services.

Background and approach

Her long career includes therapeutic work with individuals, couples, families, and youth connected to the foster system. Her style blends a strengths-based, motivational stance with practical interventions drawn from several evidence-informed approaches, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).

Janet emphasizes collaborative guidance, helping clients identify existing resources and untangle obstacles that interfere with wellbeing. She aims to support clients as they develop skills for coping with stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, relationship challenges, and life transitions.

Janet frames the decision to seek counseling as an act of courage and growth. She encourages building self-awareness and new strategies to foster purpose and healthier functioning, and she partners with clients to create clear, achievable steps toward their goals.

Online Therapeutic Approaches and How They Help



Janet uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help clients identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns; this approach is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and many everyday coping challenges. She also draws from client-centered therapy, emphasizing empathy, active listening, and collaborative pacing to help clients feel heard and to build self-directed growth. In addition she may integrate elements of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) when clients need skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving interpersonal effectiveness.

Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. Janet works with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences and then tailors interventions so the approach fits rather than forcing a single model. This shared planning helps clients understand options and helps shape a focused, practical plan for change.

Online sessions offer flexible ways to engage in therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to schedule regular sessions around work, family, or geographic constraints and allow ongoing access to therapeutic support using the communication style that feels most comfortable for the client.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Janet commonly address?
She works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and grief, parenting challenges, mood concerns such as bipolar, and ADHD among others.
What is her therapeutic approach and style?
Her approach is strengths-based and motivational, integrating client-centered work with practical interventions like cognitive behavioral therapy and elements of DBT and EFT as appropriate.
How long has she practiced?
She brings 31 years of professional experience across independent practice, school-based therapy, and community programs for adults and adolescents.
Where is her license and practice located?
She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California holding CA LMFT 39816 and practices with that credential.
Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English, and she does accept international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Clients can meet through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging according to preference and availability.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How does someone begin working with her?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesDepression

Also works with

Family conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDrug and alcohol addictionForgivenessGender dysphoriaHIV / AIDSHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingIntellectual disabilityLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressSelf-loveSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyHypnotherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

31+ years

Licensed

California

Languages

English