Welcome!
Hello! My name is Janna Hodge, I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in New Jersey. I’m also a plant aficionado who loves reading and spooky season all year round, but I digress. I am so glad you stopped by. As a therapist, I am an empathetic and skilled listener. I provide compassionate support and empower my clients with practical tools for growth and healing. My style is tactfully and nonjudgmentally direct and conversational with a sprinkle of appropriate humor.
I work with children, teens, and adults. I’m certified in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which forms the core of my approach, along with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). I also draw from psychodynamic and Emotionally Focused Individual Therapies (EFIT) and other attachment-based approaches when appropriate. My goal is to provide the most effective care by understanding the whole person not just their symptoms.
Please explore this page and email me at jh@tendingthoughtstherapy.com if you have any questions.
Individual Therapy for children and teens
I have been lucky enough to work with children, teens and their parents for over 15 years. Below are some of the specialty areas that I have strengthened over that time:
Anxiety - social, academic, performance, sports and health related anxiety
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Repetitive body-focused behavior – hair pulling and skin picking
Perfectionist thinking
Grief/loss/absent parent
Depression
Chronic Pain - Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA), medical mysteries, etc.
Social challenges and college transitions
Parent Coaching
Parent coaching helps you build a stronger connection with your child, feel more confident, and enhance your parenting tools to handle emotional or behavioral challenges. We’ll combine your expertise as a parent with my pediatric mental health expertise to tackle issues in a way that fits your household. Parent coaching can be done alongside therapy or on its own. It works well for kids dealing with anxiety, behavioral struggles, or ADHD.
"Don't let yourself become so concerned with raising a good kid that you forget you already have one" -Glennon Melton Doyle
Individual therapy for ADults
I want to join you on your journey of growth, helping you uncover and work through stuck points. Together, we can rediscover lost momentum and values, quiet unhelpful thoughts, and create balance. My treatment experience includes but is not limited to the following areas:
Anxious and avoidant attachment
Anxious parents
College/career transitions
Anxiety and Depression
Loss/grief
Chronic pain
ADHD
OCD
Hair-pulling/skin-picking
Perfectionist thinking
Therapists in training
Hours: Monday–Wednesday: 10 AM–8 PM | Thursday: 10 AM–5 PM | Closed Friday–Sunday
For new clients, please use email for initial outreach: jh@tendingthoughtstherapy.com
In case of a psychiatric emergency, go to your nearest emergency room or call 911.
Suicide Hotline: 988
Crisis Text Line: 741741
