Jeanette Salinas

Jeanette Salinas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with three decades of experience in California. She works with people facing grief, loss, trauma, anxiety, depression, and major life transitions. Her approach is steady and paced to each person, aiming to build trust early so a practical plan can follow.

She has a long history of helping people after tough events, including coping with pet loss, caregiving stress, and chronic or terminal illness in family members. She has also supported people living with bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and borderline personality challenges. She draws on several therapy styles to match the situation.

Sessions move at the client's pace and focus on clear, manageable steps forward. Jeanette uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to help people manage symptoms and reactions. She also employs narrative and solution-focused work to help people reframe experiences and set concrete goals.

Her practice includes work across the lifespan, from children and adolescents to older adults, and she has experience advising those caring for elderly relatives. She supervises associate clinical social workers and marriage and family therapist interns who are pursuing licensure.

Jeanette’s goal is to make beginning therapy feel practical rather than overwhelming. She offers supportive guidance, collaborative goal-setting, and structured steps people can try between sessions. If you need help coping with life changes or recovery after a distressing event, she helps map out the next steps.

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