Elizabeth Janca, LPC, LPCC

Elizabeth Janca is a licensed professional counselor who brings nine years of hands-on experience to her work. She earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s in counseling and development, and she draws on that background in every session. Elizabeth focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, depression, parenting challenges, and life transitions.

Her practice emphasizes short, clear steps that clients can try between sessions. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking and behaving. She also leans on client-centered methods to let each person guide the pace and priorities of their work.

Elizabeth has worked in schools and clinical settings, including roles with children, adolescents, and young adults. That mix of classroom and therapy experience shapes a practical, down-to-earth style that values concrete tools over long explanations. She often blends skill teaching with space to reflect on feelings and choices.

In sessions she focuses on real problems like sleep disruption, anger, grief, coaching for career changes, compassion fatigue, and relationship or communication difficulties. She also supports people dealing with trauma, chronic illness, ADHD, and questions related to sexual identity and nontraditional relationship structures. Her goal is to help people find workable changes they can use day to day.

People who prefer a collaborative, straightforward approach tend to fit well with Elizabeth. She offers video, phone, chat, and text-based formats to match different schedules and needs.

How her approaches translate to online work

Elizabeth uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and test thoughts that keep them stuck, and to practice small behavior changes that improve mood and routines. Client-Centered Therapy is also central to her work and focuses on letting the person set the goals and pace while the therapist listens and reflects. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills may be used to build emotion regulation and reduce conflict when those skills fit.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Elizabeth works with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. She frames therapy as a collaboration and adjusts tools over time based on what helps most.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people work face to face when schedules permit, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed, and chat or messaging can fit brief check-ins or people who prefer typed communication. These options provide flexibility for different rhythms of life and make it easier to fit therapy into busy days.