Jeanette Salinas , LCSW

Jeanette Salinas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and a Certified Thanatologist, a practitioner with specialized training in grief and loss. She earned her master’s degree and LCSW in Sacramento, California more than 30 years ago and brings three decades of clinical experience to her work.

Her practice emphasizes grief and loss, including pet loss, major life transitions, PTSD, and trauma. She also has substantial experience supporting people with bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and borderline personality disorder. Having worked with children, adolescents, adults, and older adults, she offers perspective on adjustment across the life span and provides targeted support for caregivers of elderly or chronically ill family members.

Jeanette has developed staged approaches for moving forward after significant change that have been used successfully with many clients. She places a strong priority on building trust and a collaborative working relationship, and she structures sessions to proceed at each person’s pace. Her clinical toolkit includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy. She also supervises ACSWs and MFTIs as they work toward licensure. Throughout her career she has maintained a focus on practical strategies and compassionate support for people navigating loss, trauma, and life transitions.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Jeanette draws on evidence-based methods to help people process difficult experiences and build coping skills. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and developing practical strategies to change them - it is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and stress management. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches skills in emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness - it is helpful for intense emotions, relationship difficulties, and patterns of self-destructive behavior. Narrative Therapy invites clients to explore and reframe the stories they tell about themselves and their lives, which can be especially useful when working through loss, identity issues, or major transitions.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Jeanette works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit best with their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adapts techniques over time as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging can make it easier to access support from different locations and schedules. Licensed professionals and therapists can use these formats to deliver structured interventions, teach skills, and maintain continuity of care while accommodating the logistics of everyday life.