Janet Wise, LCSW
New York · 30 years in practice
Janet Wise is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 30 years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and grief.
License and registration
- LCSW, New York
- 025619 · expires August 2026
- NPI
- 1457449647 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
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 Janet
Janet Wise is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 30 years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and grief. She works with individuals who are coping with relationship and intimacy challenges, addiction concerns, caregiving strain, life changes, and issues around identity and self-esteem. Janet writes plainly and listens closely to what matters to each person.
Her style is warm and collaborative. She combines talk-based work with practical skills so people can manage symptoms and move toward their goals.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on real problems - sleeping, eating, anger, parenting, work stress - and on small steps that make daily life easier. Janet draws on several approaches, including Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral ideas, client-centered methods, and mindfulness. She tailors the mix to each person rather than using a single method for everyone.
The aim is to build stronger emotional connections to self and others and to increase coping ability. Her background includes long experience helping people with chronic illness and those affected by physical or psychological trauma. She has worked in hospital settings and offered grief and crisis support, including pastoral counseling roles.
That history informs her care with people facing loss and sudden change. Outside clinical work she teaches yoga, Enerchi, and cardio-fitness. That movement work often complements conversations about stress, self-care, and recovery.
Janet practices from New York and conducts sessions in English.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Janet lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Janet names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-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 Janet’s Approaches Work Online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on emotions and attachment patterns in relationships and individual life. It helps people notice core feelings, understand how those feelings shape reactions, and create new ways of connecting and regulating emotions.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy encourages noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then taking values-driven actions. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes by clarifying what matters and practicing small committed steps.
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes an accepting, nonjudgmental relationship where the person leads the pace of work. That approach supports self-exploration and builds confidence to try new behaviors.
Deciding which approach to use is a team effort. Janet will work with each person to identify goals, experiment with methods, and adjust the plan as needed. That collaborative process helps match tools to what feels most useful for daily life.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video allows face-to-face conversation, phone can be used when bandwidth is low, live chat and messaging are convenient for brief check-ins or ongoing coaching. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, and travel while keeping therapy consistent and practical.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. It does not change what you pay or the order of the listings.
Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Janet address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep and eating problems, parenting strain, ADHD, and related challenges.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is warm, direct, and collaborative. She listens, helps set goals, and uses practical skills alongside emotion-focused conversations.
What is her professional background?
Janet has 30 years of experience working with people affected by chronic illness, trauma, and loss, and she has provided grief and crisis counseling in hospital and community settings.
What credentials and location are listed for Janet?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, NY LCSW, based in New York.
Which languages are sessions offered in and is international work available?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she use for online therapy?
Janet offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as session formats.
How does pricing and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use 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 sessions based on the therapist's availability.
More therapists in New York
See all
JoAnn Park
LCSW
Experienced LCSW focusing on emotion and healing
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship
Tammy Piazza
LMHC
Practical skills for stronger emotional balance
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
Rachael Figueroa
LCSW
Compassionate, emotion-focused therapy for real life
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger
Is this your profile?
Ask us to correct details or take the page down.
Contact us