Welcome
Hello & Thank You for visiting my web page for a brief introduction. Additional information about my practice and services can be located on the Psychology Today website here:
As a psychotherapist, I strive to provide each of my clients with valuable expert knowledge and experience balanced with caring compassionate acceptance and deep emotional understanding.
I will work thoughtfully to build a relationship with you based upon mutual trust and respect within an emotionally safe environment that allows for gentle but direct and honest communication between us.
I will endeavor to understand all aspects of your life, including psychosocial, biomedical, familial, educational, occupational, cultural, spiritual, religious, and philosophical influences.
You and I will work together as collaborators in the journey to discover how you can achieve greater psychological balance and emotional fulfillment.
If you would like to learn more about how I work with clients, and specifically how I might work to assist you, please email or call me to arrange a free preliminary 15-minute phone consultation.
Professional Biography
Dr. Janer received his doctorate (Ph.D.) in Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis. He completed a clinical internship in the Department of Psychiatry at Brown University Medical School, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship/residency in the Psychiatry, Neurology, & Neuroscience departments of Cornell University Medical College/The New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Janer has held academic appointments at Cornell University, St. John's University (as Assistant Director of the Center for Psychological Services & Clinical Studies), and Georgia State University (as Associate Director for Clinical Services of the Regents Center for Learning Disorders). His scientific research with positron emission tomography (PET) and neuropsychological functioning in depression, Parkinson's disease, and bilateral anterior cingulotomy patients has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, and the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.
Approach
As a clinician, Dr. Janer works within an integrative, eclectic, bio-psycho-social framework providing individual, couples, & family psychotherapy for a broad range of psychiatric, neurologic, and psychological adjustment disorders. Dr. Janer synthesizes information from multiple areas of a client's life to develop a uniquely individualized understanding of their cognitive, emotional, and behavioral functioning. The influences and interactions between an individual's psychosocial, biomedical, socio-cultural, and spiritual-philosophical influences and concerns are carefully considered and applied within therapy in order to promote psychological well-being by encouraging adaptive coping with mental health challenges while developing a deeper understanding of oneself.