Janee Anez, LICSW

Janee Anez is a licensed clinical social worker in Minnesota who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, grief, depression, and major life changes. She emphasizes straightforward support and practical steps to make daily life feel more manageable. Janee draws on 18 years of professional experience to guide people through difficult moments.

She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about what matters most to them. Conversations focus on what is happening now and what can change. Janee listens first and then offers approaches that fit each person’s situation.

Her work often blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness practices, and solution-focused techniques to address unhelpful thinking and build new habits. Motivational Interviewing helps when someone feels stuck and wants to find their own reasons to change. Internal Family Systems is used when exploring different parts of a person’s inner experience helps clarify goals.

Janee also supports people facing issues related to adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, aging, chronic illness or pain, and family of origin concerns. She works with men and women on topics like fatherhood, life purpose, and self-love. First responder issues and post-traumatic stress are additional areas she addresses.

Sessions are practical and focused on small, achievable steps. People leave with clear ideas to try between meetings. Janee aims to help clients build routines and coping skills that fit daily life.

Practical approaches for online care

Janee commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy to help people change unhelpful thinking and build new habits. CBT focuses on identifying thought patterns and trying small behavioral experiments that can reduce anxiety or low mood. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus, which can help with stress and grief.

She also draws on Motivational Interviewing when someone feels unsure about change. That approach helps people clarify their own reasons for change and set manageable steps. Choosing the right combination of methods is a collaborative process - the therapist will discuss goals and preferences and adapt the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a quick check-in, and text messaging supports ongoing brief touchpoints. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving schedules, or busy weeks while keeping the focus on practical tools and steady progress.