Janice McDermott, LCSW

Janice McDermott is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Louisiana with 31 years of clinical experience. She practices in Mississippi and works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, depression, addictions, and parenting challenges.

She has worked in outpatient and inpatient mental health centers, addiction recovery programs, public and charter schools, and private practice. She also supervised new social workers as they completed requirements for licensure. Her background includes work with trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and career and life-purpose questions.

Sessions begin by looking at where a person is now. She helps people identify the small next steps they can take. In early meetings she often focuses on what feels most pressing and on practical ways to cope with change. She uses methods drawn from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered work, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and Existential approaches.

Janice has written books on healing and managing thoughts, and she describes therapy as a process of finding the inner voice that knows what changes are needed. Work with her emphasizes steady progress rather than perfection, and grounding through the senses when emotions feel overwhelming.

Sessions are paced to the client. She describes starting where someone is and then building a plan together. For people juggling work, family, or recovery, the focus is on clear, practical steps that fit into everyday life.

How Janice uses therapy approaches online