Janice Doan, LCSW-C

Janice Doan is a Licensed Certified Social Worker in Maryland with 22 years of experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, parenting concerns, ADHD, and related issues. Sessions focus on practical steps and clear goals rather than labels.

She has more than a decade of work supporting people affected by domestic violence and other forms of trauma. That background informs how she listens and how she helps people manage strong emotions and safety concerns. Her practice addressess parenting strain, grief, relationship problems, and mood swings as well.

Her approach blends Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. That means conversations are direct and collaborative, with skills for emotion regulation, thinking patterns, and clearer communication. She also draws on mindfulness and psychodynamic ideas when they help make sense of patterns.

Sessions tend to focus on what is happening now and on small changes that make daily life easier. People can expect concrete coping skills, homework between sessions when useful, and checking in on progress. The work is paced to what an individual can manage while juggling family and home demands.

She uses plain language in sessions and avoids stigmatizing labels. The emphasis is on practical problem solving for parenting stress, relationship strain, and recovering from past hurt.

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