Jana Grooms, LCPC, LMHC

Jana Grooms is a licensed counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, depression, and midlife changes. She brings 22 years of clinical experience and a calm, non-judgmental presence to sessions. Jana aims to create a place where someone can talk honestly and begin to feel less overwhelmed.

Her approach is practical and individualized. Jana uses client-centered listening alongside cognitive-behavioral tools to break problems into manageable steps. She also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships shape patterns, and on dialectical skills to help regulate strong emotions.

Jana describes her style as warm and steady. She gives straightforward coping skills and mind-body strategies that can be used between sessions. When trauma is central, she can incorporate trauma-focused methods to help process painful memories and reduce their hold on daily life.

She has clinical credentials as an LCPC and an LMHC and has worked in both Florida and Illinois settings. Her work covers a wide range of concerns including self-esteem, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, career stress, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. The goal is practical change you can notice week to week.

Jana encourages small steps and realistic plans. She meets people where they are and adjusts pace to fit individual needs. If you want to explore whether therapy could help, she offers a simple way to start that begins with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling based on availability.

How Jana’s approaches translate to online work

Attachment-based work looks at patterns in important relationships and how those patterns affect current emotions and behavior. It helps people understand why they respond a certain way in close relationships and practice new ways of relating.

Client-centered therapy focuses on empathic listening and collaborating around goals. It provides space to talk through what’s hard while the therapist reflects and helps you clarify what matters most to you.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many everyday struggles where changing thinking and routine can ease symptoms.

Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. Jana will work with you to see which methods match your needs, goals, and preferences. That choice is collaborative and can change over time as you make progress or face new challenges.

Please confirm the therapist’s current session options before booking, since formats are not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and let people use coping skills between meetings. It also allows for shorter check-ins when needed and options that fit different schedules and energy levels.