Justina Janda

Justina Janda is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor with seven years of experience based in North Carolina. She draws on a compassionate, nonjudgmental approach to help people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and major life transitions. Her style is calm and down-to-earth, with an emphasis on listening first and tailoring each step to the person in front of her.

She blends several therapeutic approaches to meet real-life needs. Attachment-based ideas help people untangle patterns from past relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to map how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. Client-centered work keeps the conversation grounded in the client's goals and values.

Justina often brings mindfulness into sessions to help notice emotions and bodily signals as they happen. She also integrates a client's spiritual perspective when that is important to them. This can be useful for people coping with meaning questions or existential concerns.

Her practice addresses a wide range of issues including relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stresses, trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and hospice and end-of-life counseling. She approaches grief and caregiving challenges with practical tools and steady support.

Outside of work, she spends time with her toddler, gardens, and follows developments in psychology and spirituality. Those interests inform a warm, curious approach in the therapy room.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns that develop in close relationships and helps people notice how those patterns show up now. It can be useful for working through trust, abandonment, and attachment issues. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns, which helps with anxiety, depression, and coping during life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That might mean combining approaches, trying skills-focused work first, or pausing for deeper meaning-centered conversations as needed.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session formats directly before booking. Online options can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when a full session is not needed. Many people find that video or phone sessions help them maintain continuity of care through transitions and during caregiving or bereavement challenges.