Jeanette Abney, LMFT

Jeanette Abney is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California with 20 years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, cope with addictions, and navigate relationship and family concerns. She aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be shared honestly.

Jeanette works collaboratively with clients to identify practical steps for change. Sessions often focus on improving communication, setting healthy boundaries, and developing coping skills for strong emotions like anger. She supports people dealing with codependency, control issues, and the fallout from divorce or separation.

Her background includes long-term experience across a range of difficulties tied to family of origin, adoption or foster care, and attachment issues. She also has experience supporting people facing aging and geriatric concerns, cancer-related stress, and the challenges that follow natural or human-caused disasters.

Clients can expect straightforward, problem-focused conversations that aim to make daily life more manageable. Jeanette emphasizes practical tools alongside space to talk through painful experiences such as abandonment, domestic violence, or substance use struggles. She helps people sort feelings and create realistic plans for change.

Jeanette offers services in English and works with international clients as well. She asks new clients to use the continue button on this profile, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to her availability.

Approaches that focus on managing feelings and behavior

Jeanette uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people change patterns that cause ongoing stress. One common approach focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real-life evidence to reduce anxiety and help people make calmer choices. This method teaches practical tools for handling worry and changing behavior patterns.

Another focus is on communication and relationship skills. Sessions often include role-play or guided practice to try new ways of speaking and setting boundaries. This helps with problems like codependency, control issues, and recurring conflict in relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Jeanette will discuss options with each person and adapt methods to fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Clients and therapist decide collaboratively which techniques to use and how to pace change.

If you are considering online work, confirm current session options before booking since specific formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand it. Licensed professionals can also offer flexible scheduling to accommodate different time zones for international clients.