Janelle Butler, LMHC
Washington · 9 years in practice
Janelle Butler is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, and struggles with addiction and self-esteem.
License and registration
- LMHC, Washington
- 60882019 · expires October 2026
- NPI
- 1366817561 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 9
- Languages
- English, American Sign Language
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Janelle
Janelle Butler is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, and struggles with addiction and self-esteem. She supports those coping with grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy challenges, parenting strain, and career or life transitions. Janelle also works with concerns around body image, chronic illness, caregiver stress, and identity issues for LGBT people.
She practices in Washington and brings nine years of clinical experience gathered largely in community mental health settings.
Background and approach
That background means she has worked with many kinds of problems and everyday life pressures. Her style is warm and direct, focused on helping people notice unhelpful patterns and try alternatives in small steps. Janelle uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside other approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
In sessions she helps people name painful emotions, connect them to current behavior, and build new ways of responding that fit their values. She describes hope as a key part of recovery and leans on practical tools that can create gradual, lasting change. Clients can expect a supportive, collaborative process where goals are set together.
Janelle emphasizes pacing work to match each person’s readiness and using concrete strategies for symptoms like sleep problems, anger, dissociation, or addictive urges. She offers services in English and American Sign Language. Her credential is LMHC, which stands for Licensed Mental Health Counselor.
Janelle accepts international clients and provides sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Janelle lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Janelle names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Gottman Method
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify core emotions that drive how they relate to themselves and others, and then practice new emotional responses that feel safer and more connected. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy teaches practical skills for noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, and then choosing actions that match core values to move life forward. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns that still shape trust and closeness and focuses on changing those patterns through new relational experiences.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and comfort. That may mean blending approaches and checking in often to adjust direction based on what is helpful.
Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging - make therapy more flexible. Video calls suit someone who wants face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a quieter connection is needed. Live chat or text messaging work well for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or when written reflection helps. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy days and to keep momentum between meetings.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of issues does Janelle address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar concerns, ADHD, addictions, grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, and many related areas listed in her specialties.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is warm and direct, focused on naming emotions, spotting patterns, and trying small practical changes together.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Janelle has nine years of clinical experience, much of it in community mental health work across varied presenting issues.
Where is Janelle licensed and based?
She holds a Washington LMHC credential and practices serving clients in Washington and beyond.
What languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and American Sign Language.
How are sessions delivered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as session formats.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are needed to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist’s availability.
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