Janet Amaya

Janet Amaya is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in California with 13 years of experience delivering therapy to children, adolescents, and adults in community-based mental health settings. She has worked with very young children and their parents, adolescents facing school stress, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress (including complex trauma), and parental conflict, as well as adults managing depression, anxiety, unresolved trauma, everyday stressors, and life transitions.

She earned a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Psychology from the University of California, Davis, and completed a Master of Social Work at California State University, Sacramento. Throughout her career she has focused on serving underserved communities through a county mental health agency, supporting a range of needs from acute psychiatric care to family-centered services for children and their caregivers.

Janet uses an eclectic, trauma-informed approach, drawing on Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and tailoring interventions to each person rather than relying on a single model. She is shifting some of her work to telehealth to reach a broader range of people seeking convenient, approachable therapeutic support. She also integrates her strong Christian faith into therapy when clients prefer that perspective, while respecting other choices.

Janet believes people have inner resources and, with objective support, can identify those strengths and take steps toward healing and improved daily functioning. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California, holding an LCSW credential (license number 28646).