- Compassionate listening
- Mindfulness tools
- Spiritual integration
About Justina
Justina Janda is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina. She brings seven years of counseling experience and a compassionate, nonjudgmental approach to sessions. Her focus includes anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship concerns, and coping with life changes, including coping with natural or human-caused disaster.
She frames therapy around each person's needs and values. Sessions often integrate mindfulness to notice feelings, body sensations, and thought patterns. She also honors clients' spiritual perspectives when that matters to them, and she tailors care to fit individual goals.
Her work covers a range of everyday and deeper struggles. That includes parenting stress, career uncertainty, ADHD, compassion fatigue, intimacy-related issues, and self-esteem concerns. She also supports people facing abandonment, attachment questions, codependency, and family of origin difficulties.
Justina uses several therapeutic approaches to guide change. These include attachment-based methods that look at relationship patterns, client-centered techniques that follow the person's pace, cognitive behavioral strategies to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and dialectical methods for emotion regulation. She also weaves in existential ideas for people wrestling with purpose or meaning.
Outside of practice she spends time with her toddler, gardens, and studies psychology and spirituality. Those interests shape a grounded, curious style in sessions and a focus on practical steps clients can try between meetings.
How therapeutic approaches shape online care
Attachment-based work looks at patterns in relationships and how early bonds influence current reactions; it can help people understand why certain situations trigger strong responses. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead, making room for the person to set goals and move at a comfortable pace. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, helps identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with clear, practical steps to try between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That choice can change over time as different issues come up or as progress is made.
If you plan to use online sessions, confirm the specific formats offered before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, shorten travel time, and allow check-ins during a work lunch or between family responsibilities. It can also let sessions focus on skills practice, thought records, and mindfulness exercises that are easy to do at home. Licensed professionals can adapt these approaches to remote formats and help you find a routine that matches your schedule and goals.
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Experience
7+ years
Credentials
North Carolina
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy issues, ADHD, and coping with life changes including coping with natural or human-caused disaster.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She takes a compassionate, nonjudgmental, and holistic approach. Sessions often use mindfulness and adapt to each person’s goals and pace.
What is her background and experience?
She has seven years of clinical experience and focuses on areas like trauma, grief, existential concerns, parenting issues, and compassion fatigue.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the LCMHC credential and practices in North Carolina.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Session formats are not specified here; please confirm current session options before booking to know whether online or in-person meetings are available.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.