Janet Lengsfelder, LMFT

Janet Lengsfelder is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 25 years of clinical experience. She began her career as a nurse and later completed graduate training in therapy, bringing a practical, hands-on perspective to her work. Janet helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, parenting challenges, depression, addictions, trauma and codependency-related patterns.

She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early connections shape current relationships. She uses client-centered and emotionally-focused methods to help people name painful feelings and shift how they respond to one another. Mindfulness skills are woven into sessions to help with grounding and reducing reactivity.

Janet describes therapy as a process of increasing self-awareness and strengthening a sense of self. She guides people to notice recurring life themes and patterns that lead to people-pleasing or losing themselves around others. The work aims to change how someone perceives stressful events so panic and catastrophe feel more manageable.

Her background in nursing influences a practical, recovery-oriented approach. She encourages small, doable steps that build emotional stability. Conversations can include examining family of origin issues, communication patterns, commitment concerns, and boundaries when living with someone’s drinking or crisis.

Sessions also address caregiver stress, end-of-life concerns, career and intimacy issues. Janet invites clients to take measured risks toward fuller living and to learn from challenges rather than be overwhelmed by them.

How her approaches translate to online work