- Years in practice
- 30
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Grief
About Jeanette
Jeanette Salinas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with three decades of experience in California. She focuses on grief and loss, transitions, trauma, and related concerns. Jeanette has worked with people across the lifespan and supports those caring for ill or aging relatives.
She keeps sessions paced to each person's needs and aims to build a trusting working relationship from the start. Jeanette uses clear, practical steps to help people move forward after big life changes.
Background and approach
She outlines stages clients can follow to regain balance and direction. Her background includes long experience with mood and trauma-related conditions, and she has counseled people living with bipolar disorder, major depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and borderline personality patterns. She also helps with stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy issues, ADHD, and burnout concerns such as compassion fatigue.
Jeanette draws on a range of therapy methods, including cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, narrative, solution-focused, and trauma-focused approaches. She adapts tools from these approaches to each person's goals and situation. She has supervised associate clinical social workers and marriage and family therapy interns during their licensure journeys.
Jeanette aims to make starting therapy less daunting and to help clients feel supported as they work toward clearer routines and healthier coping. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients. Her practice is based in California and reflects 30 years of direct clinical experience.
What Jeanette works with
Everything Jeanette lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Jeanette helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
Approaches Jeanette lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Jeanette often uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps people identify unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors. CBT can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching practical skills to manage day-to-day reactions.She also draws on trauma-focused therapy to help people process and reduce the lingering effects of traumatic events. This approach focuses on understanding the impact of trauma and building coping strategies to reduce overwhelm and increase safety in daily life.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. Jeanette will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. Treatment plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video is good for face-to-face conversation, phone can work when bandwidth is low, chat or text can be used for quick check-ins or when written reflection helps. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue work between sessions.
Questions people ask about Jeanette
What kinds of problems does Jeanette help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, trauma and many life changes. Other focuses include parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapy style like?
She offers practical, paced sessions that focus on building trust and a working relationship. Sessions use clear steps and tools pulled from several therapeutic approaches to meet individual goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 30 years of clinical experience working in California with a wide range of concerns and ages.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California.
Do sessions happen in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and the therapist's schedule; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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