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Janet Hardy, LPC

  • Experience10 years
  • LocationMississippi
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, LGBT, and Parenting
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Attachment-Based Therapy
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About Janet

Janet Hardy is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Mississippi who emphasizes Internal Family Systems alongside person-centered methods to help adults navigate stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship challenges.

Background and approach

With a decade of clinical experience, she blends attachment-informed perspectives and evidence-based tools to address complex concerns such as parenting, grief, intimacy-related issues, bipolar conditions, ADHD, and identity matters within the LGBT community.

Her approach recognizes that difficulties usually arise from multiple influences - biology, development, culture, relationships, and life circumstances - and therefore benefits from an integrative, collaborative method. Janet prioritizes building a strong therapeutic relationship grounded in empathy, openness, and respectful curiosity so clients can safely explore emotions, inner parts, and relational patterns.

She draws on CBT and DBT techniques when practical, while maintaining a client-centered stance that supports each person in defining and working toward their goals. Janet provides telemental health counseling for adults, offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.

Prospective clients should be prepared to provide proof of identity and an emergency contact before starting services, and she works with individuals seeking help around life transitions, sexuality, family-of-origin and blended family concerns, fertility and perinatal matters, and other personal challenges.

Integrating therapeutic approaches for online care

Internal Family Systems (IFS) views the mind as composed of distinct parts and helps people relate to those parts with curiosity and compassion; it can be useful for working through trauma responses, internal conflict, and complex emotional patterns. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationships shape expectations and emotional safety, supporting work on relationship struggles, parenting dynamics, and family-of-origin issues. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, acceptance, and collaboration, giving clients space to set the pace and priorities for change while the therapist offers nonjudgmental support.

Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process; the therapist will explore a client's goals, preferences, and needs and may combine elements from IFS, attachment-based work, and client-centered methods to tailor the plan. This teamwork helps clients identify what resonates and adjust the focus as therapy progresses.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules or to access care from different locations within Mississippi. Those formats allow licensed professionals to provide ongoing support, skill-building, and emotional processing in ways that accommodate varied communication styles and practical demands.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist address?
Janet works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, parenting concerns, bipolar and ADHD, and many other challenges listed in her specialties.
How would you describe the therapeutic approach and style?
The practice emphasizes a collaborative, person-centered stance combined with Internal Family Systems and attachment-informed ideas, using empathy and curiosity to explore emotions and inner parts.
What is her professional background and experience?
She holds ten years of clinical experience working with adults across a broad spectrum of mental health and relational concerns.
What credentials and location apply to this therapist?
She is a licensed professional counselor (MS LPC 2561) practicing in Mississippi.
Which languages are available and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered for online therapy?
Janet provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How are costs and subscriptions handled?
Cost varies depending on location and therapist availability, and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are required to start therapy?
To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability; proof of identity and an emergency contact will be requested before services begin.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyLGBTParenting issuesDepressionCoping with life changes

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesAnger managementSelf esteemBipolar disorderADHD

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careAttachment issuesBlended family issuesFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFertility issuesGender dysphoriaLife purposePolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSelf-harmSelf-loveSexualityWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)HypnotherapyMindfulness TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

10+ years

Licensed

Mississippi

Languages

English