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Janet Haywood, LISW, LCSW

  • Experience10 years
  • LocationNorth Carolina
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Grief
  • Therapy approachesClient-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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About Janet

Janet Haywood is a licensed social worker who centers her practice on collaborative, person-focused talk therapy.

Background and approach

With ten years of experience and licenses in both North Carolina (LCSW C010459) and South Carolina (LISW 12167), she helps people sort through stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and life transitions while honoring each individual's pace and goals. Janet blends empathy with practical tools to help clients better understand symptoms, set realistic objectives, and build sustainable coping strategies.

Her approach draws from client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior skills, mindfulness practice, and motivational interviewing to address a wide range of concerns including self-esteem, parenting and caregiver stress, career challenges, compassion fatigue, and ADHD. She also brings experience supporting issues around adoption and foster care, end-of-life concerns, perinatal mood disorders, and social anxiety.

Janet aims to create a nonjudgmental space where clients can explore emotions, practice new skills, and strengthen resilience as they work toward meaningful change.

Approaches that translate well to online therapy

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's experience with empathy and respect, creating a collaborative space where clients guide the pace and goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets patterns of thought and behavior with structured exercises and practical strategies, which often work well in remote formats when tracking thoughts and homework between sessions. Mindfulness therapy helps cultivate present-moment awareness and stress reduction through guided practices and reflection, supporting issues like anxiety, grief, and emotional regulation.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Janet will work collaboratively to determine which methods best match a client’s needs, goals, and preferences. That exploration can include trying different techniques from her toolbox and adjusting the focus as progress unfolds, with the client’s input guiding decisions about pacing and priorities.

Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for varying schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it easier to fit consistent care into busy days, maintain continuity across life changes, and access therapeutic support from home or other convenient locations.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Janet address?
She works with a broad range of issues such as stress, anxiety, grief, depression, self-esteem, parenting and career challenges, compassion fatigue, and ADHD alongside related topics like postpartum depression and caregiver stress.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Janet emphasizes a client-centered stance that combines empathy with practical interventions from CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to tailor support to each person’s needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years of professional experience working with mood disorders, crisis management, grief and loss, and related mental health concerns.
Which licenses and where does she practice?
Janet holds LISW 12167 in South Carolina and NC LCSW C010459 in North Carolina and practices while based in North Carolina.
Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are conducted in English, and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available with her?
She offers several online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different preferences.
How are sessions billed and what do they cost?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability, and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are involved to begin working together?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a brief matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist’s listed availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyGriefSelf esteemDepression

Also works with

Family conflictsParenting issuesCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careCaregiver issues and stressCommunication problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingIsolation / lonelinessMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersPostpartum depressionPregnancy and childbirthSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Gottman MethodMindfulness TherapyMotivational Interviewing

Experience

10+ years

Licensed

North Carolina, South Carolina

Languages

English

What Janet can help with

Janet Haywood works with clients on stress and anxiety, grief, self esteem, and depression.

Janet works with Bipolar, Schizoaffective Disorders, Anxiety, and Major Depressive Disorders.

How Janet approaches therapy

Janet's clinical approaches include Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Gottman Method, Mindfulness Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing.

Experience and training

Janet is a Licensed Independent Social Worker practicing in North Carolina, with 10 years of clinical experience.