Janet Eddy

Janet Eddy is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri with 11 years of experience. She supports people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, grief, depression, and shifts in life circumstances. She focuses on helping people build confidence and motivation to make meaningful changes. Janet creates an open space where clients can speak about difficult feelings. She aims for straightforward conversations without judgment. That makes it easier to work through painful memories, hard decisions, or intense emotions like anger. Her work draws on practical methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques and narrative strategies to clarify patterns and test new ways of coping. She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people notice their values and take action that matches what matters to them. For people with trauma, she incorporates EMDR-informed steps when appropriate. Sessions tend to focus on concrete steps you can try between meetings. That might include behavior experiments, values-based goal setting, and simple skills for handling spikes of anxiety or anger. Janet emphasizes collaboration and keeps explanations plain and actionable. Many clients come for help with life transitions, career stress, caregiver strain, or problems like panic, dissociation, or persistent shame. She also addresses concerns tied to aging, hospice and end-of-life matters, and veteran-related issues. The tone is practical, steady, and geared toward helping people reconnect with what matters day to day.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters to them and take small actions that match those values. It often focuses on accepting difficult feelings while moving toward a clearer life direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and uses short, practical exercises to test new ways of responding. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is used to address traumatic memories by pairing focused attention with guided processing; it is often helpful when trauma or distressing memories keep coming up.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to your goals and struggles, then suggest methods that fit your needs and preferences. That decision is collaborative and may evolve as you try different strategies.

Session formats are not specified here, so please confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, or allow shorter check-ins when life is hectic. It also lets people work with licensed professionals from their own region while keeping the focus on skills, values, and concrete steps to manage anger, anxiety, trauma, and life transitions.