Janet Haywood, LISW, LCSW

Janet Haywood is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in North Carolina who also holds licensure in South Carolina as a Licensed Independent Social Worker. With 10 years of clinical experience, she works conversationally to help people make sense of their symptoms, identify realistic goals, and navigate life transitions at a personalized pace. Her background includes extensive work in crisis management, depression, anxiety, grief and loss, and anger management, and she has experience supporting people with diagnoses such as bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders, and postpartum depression.

Janet uses a blend of cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, and motivational interviewing within a client-centered framework that emphasizes empathy and collaboration. Her practice focuses on stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem, depression, family and parenting issues, career concerns, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and ADHD, and she also addresses topics such as adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and women's health matters. She aims to create a respectful space where people can explore difficult feelings and build skills to meet their goals.

She notes availability for sessions on weekdays between 4:30pm and 7:00pm and invites questions about her approach and scheduling.