Janis Edralin, LPC

Janis Edralin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people struggling with addictions, relationship stress, trauma and abuse, grief, and LGBT-related concerns. She uses a calm, collaborative style to help clients find clarity and build on their strengths. Conversations focus on practical steps people can use day to day. With 19 years of experience, she blends several therapy approaches to meet individual needs. Janis uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice what matters and take committed steps toward it. She draws on attachment-informed ideas to look at how early relationships affect present patterns. Cognitive Behavioral tools and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are used when people need concrete strategies for managing emotions and changing unhelpful thinking. Her background includes mentoring other counselors and teaching graduate students in Texas. She has worked in international settings and brings that experience into a culturally aware perspective. That varied history shapes a flexible, creative approach rather than a single fixed method. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person. Janis helps clients identify strengths, set realistic goals, and practice new skills between sessions. She often frames work around steps people can try right away. Outside of counseling she enjoys hiking, biking, and fencing, and reads literature and poetry. These interests inform a disciplined but humane way of working. Reaching out is a first step, and she aims to make that step clear and manageable for each person.

How therapy approaches inform online care

Janis often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy in her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for issues like addiction, anxiety, and low motivation. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connections and coping, which can help with relationship stress and attachment concerns.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Janis works with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She adapts tools over time, mixing skills-based strategies and reflective work based on how someone responds and what they want to change.

The therapist's biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available online options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and reduce travel time. It can also let people use skill-building exercises and written tools between sessions. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT and attachment work to remote sessions, helping clients practice new ways of relating and managing difficult feelings in day-to-day life.