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Janice Gillmore, LPC

  • Experience35 years
  • LocationVirginia
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Relationship, and Family
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
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About Janice

Janice Gillmore is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Virginia who guides people through stress, relationship struggles, trauma, and life transitions.

Background and approach

With 35 years of experience in the field, she supports clients working with anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, career questions, and issues such as attachment, abandonment, and control. Her practice emphasizes growth toward a more authentic and fulfilling life.

Her approach draws on several evidence-informed methods, including Internal Family Systems, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, mindfulness-based techniques, psychodynamic perspectives, and trauma-focused work. Janice blends clinical training with a long personal commitment to spiritual development, offering resources like meditation and yoga instruction when requested.

She has experience with individuals, adolescents, couples, and families in both personal and public settings and frames therapy as a path to greater balance across mind, body, and spirit. Janice practices in Virginia and conducts sessions in English.

She aims to help clients cultivate self-awareness, improve relationships, and make decisions that align with their values while attending to symptoms such as panic, PTSD, shame, and process addictions.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Janice often uses Internal Family Systems and Emotionally-Focused Therapy in her work. Internal Family Systems helps people map internal parts or inner voices to better understand conflicting feelings and responses, which can be useful for concerns like anxiety, shame, addiction, and relationship dynamics. Emotionally-Focused Therapy centers on identifying and reshaping emotional responses within close relationships, supporting healing around attachment wounds, communication problems, and intimacy-related issues.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapeutic process, and Janice works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She integrates mindfulness and trauma-informed perspectives as needed and adapts techniques over time so therapy stays relevant to each person’s unfolding priorities.

Online sessions are available via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, which can make scheduling more flexible for busy lives. These options allow for continuity of care when in-person meetings aren’t practical and let clients choose the format that best supports their comfort and accessibility while working with a licensed professional.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns can Janice help with?
She works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family problems, grief, addictions, intimacy-related matters, parenting, and career or life-change coping.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style combines empathic, spiritually informed counseling with clinical methods like Internal Family Systems, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, mindfulness, psychodynamic and trauma-focused techniques to support emotional healing and insight.
How much clinical experience does she bring?
Janice has practiced in the mental health field since 1990, bringing 35 years of experience working across personal and public settings with individuals, adolescents, couples, and families.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds a Master’s degree in Counseling and Human Development and is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia with license number VA LPC 0701003010.
Does she conduct therapy in languages other than English or accept international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available with her?
She provides multiple online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability, and sessions are delivered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseDepression

Also works with

AddictionsGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationForgivenessGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessLife purposePanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyPsychodynamic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

35+ years

Licensed

Virginia

Languages

English