Paulette Jansen, LCSW

Paulette Jansen is a licensed clinical social worker with twenty years of experience in California. She focuses on helping people through hard emotional times. Paulette supports those coping with anxiety, stress, depression, trauma, and low self-esteem. She also works with people facing major life changes and aging and geriatric issues.

She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people build coping skills and regain a sense of direction. Sessions are conversational and practical, focused on small steps that add up to change. Paulette pays attention to how past events affect present behavior and feelings, and she helps clients develop healthier ways to respond.

Many clients come for help after trauma, domestic violence, or sexual assault, or because they live with intense stress from first responder roles. Paulette aims to create a respectful space where people can name their priorities and try new coping strategies. She encourages self-compassion while working toward clearer goals.

Her work often centers on practical tools for everyday life – ways to reduce overwhelming thoughts, strengthen self-worth, and manage mood shifts. Paulette also helps people consider purpose and meaning as part of recovery and growth. Progress is framed as steady practice rather than quick fixes.

Paulette draws on two decades of practice to guide decision making in sessions. She partners with each person to set realistic steps and to track what helps. For those navigating aging-related concerns, she adapts strategies to the stage of life and individual needs.

How evidence-based approaches shape online care

Many of Paulette's sessions draw on evidence-based techniques that focus on changing unhelpful patterns and building skills. One common approach emphasizes practical coping strategies and behavioral changes to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms; it teaches concrete steps to interrupt negative routines and build new habits. Another approach centers on trauma-informed care, which helps people process difficult memories at a manageable pace while teaching grounding and emotion-regulation skills.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Paulette will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences, and then recommend strategies to try. The plan is collaborative and can change as progress is made or new challenges appear.

Practical benefits of working online with a licensed professional include fitting sessions into a busy life and keeping regular check-ins even when schedules shift. Online work can make it easier to have shorter, focused sessions or to maintain continuity during life transitions. Because the biography does not list specific session formats, confirm the exact options available before booking to ensure the arrangements suit your routine and goals.