Jana Pitts , LMFT

Jana Pitts is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 15 years of experience in behavioral health. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, grief, self-esteem concerns, and life transitions, and she brings focused attention to issues such as codependency, emptiness, family problems, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, life purpose, self-love, and social anxiety and phobia.

Jana emphasizes a balanced view of wellbeing that attends to mind, body, and spirit, and she invites clients to explore themselves with curiosity and courage. Her approach combines attentive listening with practical accountability to help people identify patterns, build coping skills, and make meaningful changes. She draws on client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral techniques to tailor work to each person’s needs and goals.

Known for offering a steady, compassionate presence, Jana aims to create a space where clients can process loss, manage performance and work stress, and navigate transitions with greater clarity. She supports clients in developing tools for day-to-day living while encouraging deeper exploration of values, relationships, and purpose.

Client-Centered and CBT Approaches for Online Care

Jana Pitts uses client-centered therapy to prioritize the individual's experience, offering a collaborative and empathetic stance that helps clients feel heard and understood while they explore goals and values. This approach is well suited to relationship concerns, life transitions, feelings of emptiness, and building self-love.

She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy - CBT - which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and developing practical strategies to change them. CBT can be particularly effective for stress, anxiety, social phobia, and coping with work-related pressure.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process, and Jana works together with each person to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions so they feel relevant and useful.

Online therapy with Jana can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to access consistent support during life transitions, grief, and periods of increased stress while allowing clients to choose the format that works best for them.