Janet Lengsfelder , LMFT

Janet Lengsfelder began her professional life as a nurse, working in a range of clinical settings where she supported people through illness and recovery. That early experience revealed how much healing is shaped by a familiar, attentive support team and inspired her to study how to help the whole person beyond physical recovery.

She pursued graduate study and completed a three-year training in Gestalt therapy, gaining skills to offer a deeper form of emotional first aid. These trainings inform a practice that attends to feeling, relationship patterns, and the embodied experience of healing.

As an LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - Janet guides people to notice recurring life themes and to strengthen their sense of self. She helps clients develop greater self-awareness so that anxiety and crisis can be experienced as more manageable feelings rather than overwhelming catastrophe. Her work supports people through grief, relationship challenges, parenting difficulties, trauma, addiction concerns, and the day-to-day struggles that erode a sense of center.

Describing herself as a fellow traveler on the road of life, she encourages clients to take the risks that lead to growth and fuller living. She is honored to witness each person’s process toward increased resilience and joy.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Sessions

Janet draws on several evidence-informed approaches to guide online work. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early connections shape patterns of trust and intimacy; it helps people understand relationship responses and supports healing around attachment wounds. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on identifying and processing core emotions that underlie relationship and individual distress, helping people shift reactive patterns and strengthen emotional bonds. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathic listening and a non-directive stance so clients can explore their experience and discover their own solutions to struggles like anxiety, depression, or life transitions.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Janet collaborates with each person to determine what fits best based on their needs, goals, and preferences. She combines methods as appropriate and invites clients into choices about the pace and focus of work.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can occur by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, caregiving responsibilities, or mobility constraints. These options allow licensed professionals to provide consistent, empathic care in ways that meet each person where they are.