Janna Fennell

Janna Fennell recognizes that beginning therapy is a meaningful step and meets people where they are, offering a direct yet compassionate approach to change. She encourages those who have tried therapy before but felt stalled to take the next step - doing the hard work, exploring difficult feelings, and learning practical skills to stop self-sabotage and move forward.

Her style is honest and straightforward while remaining empathic. She will ask challenging questions, provide candid feedback, and offer tools to practice between sessions, and she expects active engagement and consistent attendance so she can accurately support a client’s progress. There may be moments when therapy feels uncomfortable or when a client does not like the process or the therapist - she prepares people for that possibility and stays alongside them through the work.

Janna’s primary clinical approach centers on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a short-term method that helps people shift unhelpful thought patterns and develop lasting skills to manage life more effectively. She also integrates solution-focused and strengths-based techniques, progressive muscle relaxation, mindfulness meditation, breathwork, and culturally sensitive practices to support a holistic mind-body perspective.

She brings 8 years of experience as a mental health counselor, including extensive school-based work with PreK-12 students and their families, as well as practice in private and online settings serving teens and young adults. Her clinical training includes Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia, and Experiential Play Therapy. In addition to counseling training, she is a certified yoga instructor (CYT-200) and is pursuing further training in integrative mental health.

Janna works with a range of concerns such as stress, anxiety, anger management, low self-esteem, coping with life transitions, relationship and family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, sleep difficulties, career challenges, and depression. She holds active counseling licenses in Minnesota and Virginia and has academic credentials in psychology and counseling, including a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College and a Master of Arts in Counseling from Bethel University.

She combines empathy with clinical skill and invites motivated individuals who are ready to engage in meaningful change to begin the work together.