Jeanette Salinas, LCSW

Jeanette Salinas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 30 years of practice in California. She earned her master’s degree and LCSW in Sacramento and has focused much of her work on grief, loss, trauma, and major life transitions. Jeanette aims to build trust first and move at each person's pace during sessions.

She uses a mix of approaches tailored to the person in front of her, including cognitive behavioral methods and trauma-focused work. Many people come to her for help after losing a loved one, including pet loss, or when coping with chronic illness and end-of-life caregiving. She also has long experience with mood disorders and trauma-related concerns.

Jeanette describes therapy as a gradual process. She helps people find practical steps to move forward after big changes. Sessions emphasize clear, manageable goals and skill building for everyday coping.

Her background includes supporting clients across the age span and supervising social work and marriage and family trainees working toward licensure. That supervisory work informs a steady, experienced style in the therapy room.

Clients can expect a calm, paced approach that centers their needs. Jeanette encourages questions about the process and works collaboratively to set goals. Beginning therapy can feel uncertain, and she aims to help make that first step easier.

How Jeanette Uses Treatment Approaches Online

Jeanette draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and trauma-focused therapy as central parts of her work. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and practicing different ways of thinking and behaving to reduce anxiety or depression. Trauma-focused therapy involves approaches to help people process painful memories and manage the symptoms that follow traumatic events.

She combines these methods with solution-focused and narrative ideas as needed, keeping the work practical and goal-oriented. Finding the right approach is part of the collaboration; she will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals, comfort, and the problems they bring to therapy.

If you are interested in online sessions, confirm the specific session options before booking since formats were not listed in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. For some people, video sessions let them use visual cues and practice skills in real time, while phone sessions can be helpful when bandwidth is limited or a brief check-in is needed. Jeanette will discuss what will work best for scheduling and the type of work you want to do together.