Hi, I’m Janell.

I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, psychotherapist, evaluator, and the founder of Evolution Healing. For nearly 20 years, I’ve had the privilege of sitting with people through some of the most complicated parts of being human- stress, relationships, family dynamics, identity, change, grief, parenting, and the patterns we sometimes understand intellectually but still struggle to change. Over the years, one question has stayed with me:

Why can we know what we want to change and still find ourselves repeating the same patterns?

That question became part of the heart behind Evolution Healing.

The Person Behind the Practice

What Shapes Us?

I’ve always been curious about what shapes us. The families we come from. The roles we learn to play. The messages we inherit about strength, sacrifice, success, love, loyalty, rest, and who we are supposed to be. As a psychotherapist, I’ve seen how often people already know what they should do. The harder part is understanding why something inside them keeps pulling them back toward an old pattern. That’s why my work looks beyond symptoms alone.

I’m interested in the whole person- the mind, body, nervous system, relationships, history, culture, inner world, and the life someone is trying to create.

You can honor where you come from without carrying everything forward.

Keep what nourishes you. Question what limits you. Rewrite what no longer fits.

My Professional Foundation

My work is grounded in nearly two decades of experience supporting children, adults, couples, and families across clinical, educational, child welfare, and community settings.

I earned my bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Nova Southeastern University and my master’s degree in Social Work from Florida International University. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Florida and Virginia.

My approach integrates evidence-based psychotherapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, solution-focused strategies, EFT/Tapping, mindfulness, nervous system awareness, and practical tools for meaningful change.

NEARLY 20 YEARS of

professional experience

LICENSED IN FLORIDA & VIRGINIA

Clinical Social Work

ENGLISH & SPANISH

Bilingual services