Janet Natale , LMFT

Janet Natale is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 31 years of clinical experience. LMFT stands for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and indicates specialized training to provide therapy to individuals, couples, and families. Her professional background spans private practice, school-based therapy, and community programs serving both adults and adolescents, which has shaped a broad and practical approach to care.

She offers services across a wide therapeutic range including relational counseling, addiction support, treatment for emotional disorders, and work with youth and families involved in the foster care system. Janet has counseled individuals, couples, and families, and has experience addressing trauma, grief, parenting challenges, and issues related to identity and relationships. Her work also includes support for those coping with life changes, career concerns, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.

Janet works with diverse cultural backgrounds and uses a strengths-based, motivational style to help people identify the resources they already possess and to uncover the barriers that keep them from moving forward. She emphasizes awareness and learning as tools for living a more purposeful and balanced life and is committed to supporting clients as they pursue growth, healing, and self-discovery.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Janet combines client-centered principles and evidence-informed techniques to tailor online therapy to each person she works with. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a respectful, empathetic space where people can explore their values and strengths and understand how relationships and self-concept shape their choices and wellbeing. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and addiction-related concerns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, emphasizes skills for regulating intense emotions, improving interpersonal effectiveness, and tolerating distress, which can be helpful when emotions feel overwhelming.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Janet works collaboratively with clients to assess needs, goals, and preferences and to adapt methods as progress unfolds so the work fits each person’s life and priorities.

Online sessions offer practical flexibility - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging allow clients to connect from different locations and to choose formats that fit their schedule. This range of options supports continuity of care and makes it easier to access licensed professionals even when in-person visits are not practical.