Jana Grooms , LCPC, LMHC

Jana Grooms is a licensed therapist with 22 years of clinical experience who works with people navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, addiction, and major life transitions. She holds LCPC and LMHC licenses - LCPC meaning Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and LMHC meaning Licensed Mental Health Counselor - and is also a Certified Trauma Treatment Professional, an ART trained clinician (Accelerated Resolution Therapy), and a Master’s Level Certified Addiction Professional (MCAP).

Jana blends a trauma-informed, individualized approach with practical tools drawn from cognitive behavioral strategies, solution-focused work, and mind-body techniques to help clients feel more grounded and capable. Her manner is warm, steady, and non-judgmental; she aims to create a space where people can be honest without fear of criticism or pressure and where they do not have to have everything figured out before beginning work.

With additional focus on issues such as attachment concerns, family of origin dynamics, codependency, gender dysphoria, and grief, she offers approaches intended to help clients process distressing memories, manage overwhelming emotions, and rebuild everyday coping. Jana emphasizes collaboration, meeting people with respect and compassion while offering concrete skills and strategies to support healing at a pace that feels right.

Approaches That Guide Online Care

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and helps people understand how early bonds influence current feelings and interactions. It can be useful for relationship distress, attachment concerns, abandonment issues, and family of origin difficulties.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the client’s own goals and perspectives, offering a supportive, empathetic environment where the therapist follows the client’s lead and helps build self-understanding and self-worth. This approach is helpful for building self-esteem, coping with life changes, and processing grief.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) centers on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; it offers practical strategies for managing anxiety, depression, stress, and many day-to-day challenges.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Jana works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting strategies as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how care is delivered - through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to access licensed professionals from home or other convenient locations.