Thrive Counseling
Neurodiversity-Affirming Therapy for Adults, Couples, Kids, Teens & Families
Helping you stay rooted through life's challenges and
rise into stronger connection with yourself
and the people you love.
Hi. I’m Janelle.
You don’t have to do it alone.
Maybe you're overwhelmed and exhausted from trying to figure things out,
wondering if you're missing something, or feeling like no one quite understands what you're going through.
You are welcome here.
My hope is that here you feel seen and understood.
That you don't have to explain, defend, or justify your experience.
That you can finally exhale.
And together, we can find a path forward.
I specialize in trauma-informed, neurodiverse-affirming care
rooted in the science of the nervous system and attachment.
My approach is personalized to each client, drawing from attachment theory, nervous system-informed practices, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), play therapy, and expressive therapies.
Counseling Services
Individuals
Anxiety
Depression
Relationship Intimacy
Emotional Expression
Trauma
Shame + Guilt
Toxic Spirituality
Grief + Loss
Life Transitions
Couples
Communication
High Conflict
Emotional Distance
Intimacy + Trust
Parenting
Navigating significant life events together
Separation + Divorce
Parents & Families
Parental Burnout
Parent Support esp. for High Needs Kids
High Conflict & Major Ruptures
Attachment
Communication
Separation + Divorce
Grief + Loss
Life Transitions
Children & Teens
*Expertise with ADHD, Autism, PDA, Highly Sensitive Kids
Behavioral Challenges
Anxiety
Depression
Aggression
Big Feelings / Dysregulation
Trauma, Loss, Life Changes
Self-esteem + identity
Individual Therapy with Adults
What if you didn’t have to work so hard to be OK?
You've spent a lot of your life figuring out how to get things right. How to meet expectations, keep people happy, avoid mistakes, and be the person everyone can count on. And while those strategies have served you in important ways, they're also exhausting.
In our work together, we'll get curious about the parts of you that have been working so hard. What are they trying to protect you from? What do they fear might happen if they let up?
We'll slow down, pay attention to what your mind, body, and nervous system are telling us, and bring compassion to the ways you've learned to navigate the world. We'll question old stories about who you have to be to be loved, accepted, or enough. And we'll experiment with doing things differently, even when that feels uncomfortable.
Because underneath all that effort is a you who doesn't need fixing. A you capable of curiosity, compassion, clarity, and self-trust.
My hope is to help you reconnect with that part of yourself, so you can make choices that reflect your values rather than fear or expectations.
I'll bring warmth, playfulness, curiosity, and gentle challenge to our work. We'll make room for the messy, complicated, wonderfully human process of figuring it out together.
Play Therapy & Family Therapy
More connection. More ease. More confidence to navigate the hard moments.
Whether it's a meltdown, avoidance, aggression, perfectionism, withdrawal, or refusal, I don't see behavior as the problem. I see it as information (though I totally get how HARD it is when you're living it!).
Together, we'll figure out what your child's behavior is communicating and what their nervous system is asking for. From there, we can build practical tools that help you and your child stay rooted through big feelings and rise into greater confidence, resilience, and connection.
Parents are an essential part of this process. Together, we'll get curious and grow in understanding of what's happening beneath the surface so you can respond in ways that enable you to feel more confident and clearer in what to do, more easily move through challenging moments, and strengthen your relationship instead of getting stuck in power struggles.
With your kids, I'll support them in processing their experiences, building awareness of the signals their body is sending, learning what those signals mean and what to do with them, and ultimately developing the confidence and trust in themselves to navigate the world and their relationships with greater resilience.
Take the courageous first step towards change.
Let’s Chat. It’s important for you to find a therapist who is a good fit for your personality and goals. I offer a free 15-minute virtual consultation to learn a bit about what you’re hoping to address in therapy and to determine if we might be a good fit.