- 30 years experience
- Relationship focus
- Mindfulness and skills
About Janice
Janice Ruchlis is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with thirty years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are managing depression, anxiety, stress, trauma, and problems with self-esteem. Her approach aims to help clients feel steadier and more hopeful in everyday life.
She blends several ways of working to match each person's needs. Sessions often include exploring past experiences that still affect present life, spotting unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, and practicing new skills for emotion regulation. Janice also brings mindfulness and attention to relationships into sessions to help people build more stable connections and inner calm.
Her background includes long experience with a wide range of concerns, from addiction and grief to parenting and chronic illness. She has worked with people from many nationalities and values differences as part of the work. This breadth lets her draw on several methods when a client needs a different focus.
In sessions she aims to create an honest, straightforward space for talking through hard things. She will listen to how problems show up day to day and help set practical steps to try between meetings. Janice encourages clients to move at their own pace while learning new ways to cope.
People who meet with her can expect collaborative treatment planning and options that emphasize skills, understanding, and slow change. She invites prospective clients to consider what they want to change and to start the process when they feel ready.
She blends several ways of working to match each person's needs. Sessions often include exploring past experiences that still affect present life, spotting unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, and practicing new skills for emotion regulation. Janice also brings mindfulness and attention to relationships into sessions to help people build more stable connections and inner calm.
Her background includes long experience with a wide range of concerns, from addiction and grief to parenting and chronic illness. She has worked with people from many nationalities and values differences as part of the work. This breadth lets her draw on several methods when a client needs a different focus.
In sessions she aims to create an honest, straightforward space for talking through hard things. She will listen to how problems show up day to day and help set practical steps to try between meetings. Janice encourages clients to move at their own pace while learning new ways to cope.
People who meet with her can expect collaborative treatment planning and options that emphasize skills, understanding, and slow change. She invites prospective clients to consider what they want to change and to start the process when they feel ready.
This summary is based on the profile information listed on BetterHelp.