About Jana
Jana Pitts is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California who supports people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, low self-esteem, and major life changes. She focuses on understanding what feels overwhelming and helping clients build clearer day-to-day coping.
Background and approach
Jana keeps language simple and practical during sessions so parents and busy adults can follow along easily. Her approach balances listening with practical tools.
Jana uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where people can be heard. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors that lead to small improvements.
Jana brings 15 years of experience to her work as an LMFT. She emphasizes steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Sessions often include goal-setting, simple homework, and check-ins to track what helps. People come for help with codependency, feelings of emptiness, family problems, guilt and shame, isolation, questions about life purpose, self-love, and social anxiety.
Jana uses conversational, down-to-earth language to guide people through these concerns. She aims to make strategies realistic and easy to use between sessions.
Her style is warm and grounded. Jana combines listening with clear suggestions and gentle accountability.
The work is collaborative - she helps clients notice patterns, try different choices, and build routines that fit daily life.
How Jana Uses Talk Therapy Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on being heard. In this approach the therapist listens without judgment and helps clients find their own solutions. It can be useful for grief, loneliness, and gaining clarity about values and life purpose.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Jana uses CBT to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try small changes that reduce anxiety or improve relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jana treats choosing methods as a collaboration. She will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful to the client.
Online sessions offer practical benefits. Video calls make it possible to have a face-to-face conversation without travel. Phone sessions are a good option when bandwidth or being on camera is difficult. Live chat or text-based messaging lets clients check in between appointments and get brief support or reflections. These options aim to make therapy flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English