Janet Wise

Janet Wise is an LCSW based in New York who helps people facing stress, anxiety, sleep problems, grief, trauma, relationship struggles, and other life changes. She has built a practice over 30 years supporting people with long-term illness, addiction concerns, mood shifts, and parenting or caregiving strain. Her approach aims to meet each person where they are and focus on practical steps forward.

She uses straightforward talk, goal-setting, and gentle skills training in sessions. Janet blends cognitive behavioral ideas with mindfulness and acceptance work to reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning. She also draws on emotionally-focused and client-centered methods to strengthen how people relate to themselves and others.

Janet’s background includes pastoral counseling training at Fordham University’s School of Religion and Religious Studies and experience providing grief and crisis support in hospital settings. That work included counseling in emergency rooms and intensive care units, and pastoral care in a community church setting. These experiences shaped her comfort with grief, sudden loss, and medical-related stress.

She often integrates movement and breath practices from her work as a licensed fitness instructor, including yoga and Enerchi, when clients want embodied tools to manage tension and sleep disruption. Janet avoids a one-size-fits-all model and collaborates with people to build plans that fit their lives.

If someone wants to address sleeping problems, parenting stress, anxiety, or the aftermath of trauma, Janet focuses on small, practical changes. Prospective clients can expect a warm, respectful conversation about goals and realistic next steps.

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