Janet Vidales (she/her)

As a Mexican American who has been in therapy myself, I have found how important it can be to connect with a therapist that understands the ins and outs of cultural norms as well as concerns that can arise such as anxiety, dependence, boundary issues, and difficulty with identify among other things. I have worked at cultural centers serving different populations and ethnicities and use a culturally sensitive approach to therapy.

As a Mexican American who has been in therapy myself, I have experienced how important it can be to connect with a therapist that understands the ins and outs of cultural norms as well as concerns that can arise such as anxiety, co-dependence, boundary issues, and difficulty with identify among other things. I have worked at cultural centers serving different populations and ethnicities and use a culturally sensitive approach to therapy.

I have had multiple specialized trainings in using CBT over the years to treat anxiety, depression, self-esteem, and phobias. I've worked with adolescents and adults on the recognition of thinking, behavior, and feeling patterns and being able to alter these to ease concerned areas listed above.

I offer family sessions for caregivers both jointly with your child and non-conjointly on an individual basis with the parent/caregiver. The goal of sessions are to provide you with education on the mental health symptoms your child/teen is exhibiting, how to recognize them, how they may present at different age ranges, and teaching you the coping skills to help your child at home to practice skills learned in sessions.

I have worked extensively in family therapy. The goal of sessions are to provide you with education on the mental health symptoms your child/teen is exhibiting, how to recognize them, how they may present at different age ranges, teaching you the coping skills to help your child at home to practice skills learned in sessions, and to facilitate communication between yourself and your child to create a healthier environment.

I have worked extensively with marginalized communities and treating the mental health symptoms that come along with being a part of these communities. From first generation struggles, generational trauma, and all the systematic oppression in between I am there to process and work through these with you. It can often be an overlooked and misunderstood strain that takes an effect on one's mental health, but this does not make it less important.

Being part of the LGBT+ community provides me with insight and knowledge to understand and relate to others who are having difficulty with identity, boundary concerns, problems that may arise with family or friends due to your identity and/or orientation, religious dissonance, and other areas. Additionally, I have had trainings and have worked with teens who have struggled with some of these concerns and LGBT+ adults who are having partner stress/conflicts.

I pride myself in being able to build a connection and work with adolescents in individual and family therapy sessions. Areas I can assist with are anxiety/panic attacks, self-harm, depression, communication difficulties, gender identity, processing trauma, low self-esteem, processing grief, sexual behavior problems or concerns, anger/irritability, stress related to school or extracurricular activities, processing a change in family dynamics, and issues with poor concentration and hyperactivity.