Janette Gunn, LCSW

Wisconsin · 24 years in practice

Janette Gunn is a licensed social worker who centers therapy on understanding meaning, choice, and personal values.

License and registration

LCSW, Wisconsin: 7574-123 · expires February 2027
NPI: 1457528978 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 24
Languages: English

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About Janette

Janette Gunn is a licensed social worker who centers therapy on understanding meaning, choice, and personal values. She draws on Existential ideas alongside practical skills to help people facing anxiety, stress, trauma, grief, low self-esteem, and depression. Her voice is direct and compassionate, and she works to make therapy understandable and doable for busy lives.

Janette brings 24 years of experience in social work and clinical settings across Wisconsin. Early in her career she worked in a domestic violence shelter and with teens in treatment foster care.

Background and approach

Those roles shaped her focus on trauma, safety, and steady support through difficult changes. Her sessions mix reflective conversation with concrete techniques. She uses elements of Client-Centered therapy to build a respectful, listening space.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools help with unhelpful thoughts and patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are available for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Janette tailors the plan to each person.

She pays attention to life purpose, isolation and social anxiety as well as more commonly named concerns. Therapy is presented as a collaboration - goals are set together and adjusted as progress unfolds. People can expect straightforward language and a focus on practical next steps.

Janette aims to support decision-making and coping skills while helping people clarify what matters to them.

Focus areas and approaches

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Approaches Janette names

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Existential Therapy looks at meaning, choice, and what matters most in life. It helps people who feel stuck, lost, or uncertain about their path by examining values and personal responsibility. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and how early bonds affect current connections and emotions; it can help with loneliness and social anxiety by spotting and changing those patterns.

Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and combine approaches that fit the person’s needs. Sessions are guided by what is helpful in day-to-day life rather than by any single method alone.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people keep face-to-face conversation when that is useful. Phone sessions are an option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support ongoing contact, quick skill practice, and gentle pacing between scheduled sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or family routines while still working on meaningful change.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Janette help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem issues, and depression. She also focuses on isolation, life purpose, and social anxiety or phobia.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her work blends Existential therapy with client-centered conversation and practical skills. Sessions mix reflective talk with tools to manage thoughts and emotions.

How much clinical experience does she have?

Janette has 24 years of professional experience in social work and clinical settings. Early roles included work in a domestic violence shelter and with teens in treatment foster care.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She holds the LCSW credential and practices in Wisconsin.

In which language are sessions offered?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for ongoing work.

How is cost handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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