Janelle Thompson

Janelle Thompson is a dynamic mental health leader passionate about helping individuals, couples, and families redefine their life experiences. She is the Founder, CEO, and Lead Therapist of Simply Redefining Wellness & Counseling, a faith-integrated group practice serving New York and  New Jersey that provides transformative mental health care to communities of color.

With nearly a decade of clinical experience, Janelle has worked across diverse settings including hospice, juvenile justice, court-mandated programs, foster care, outpatient clinics, and private practice. Her background allows her to meet clients with deep empathy, cultural understanding, and practical tools for healing.

Who She Works With

Janelle specializes in working with professional women of color and couples who are ready to transform pain, loss, and uncertainty into clarity, confidence, and purpose. Her approach is integrative, trauma-informed, and rooted in both clinical expertise and faith-based insight. Clients describe her style as warm, challenging, and empowering—a space where truth, compassion, and accountability meet.

Therapeutic Focus & Approach

• Trauma, Grief, and Loss

• Anxiety & Depression

• Life Transitions & Identity Work

• Couples & Relationship Therapy (Gottman Method)

• Faith-Based & Culturally Responsive Counseling

• Clinical Supervision & Therapist Coaching

  
  

Janelle’s mission is to help clients transform pain into power and empower the voiceless to find their voice. She believes that therapy is a collaborative journey built on trust, self-awareness, and growth. Through this process, clients learn to transform their hardest moments into strength, resilience, and purpose.

Leadership & Vision

As Clinical Director, Janelle leads a dedicated team of therapists who share her vision for holistic, culturally responsive, and faith-integrated care. Through her consulting brand, A Flourished Life Coaching & Consulting, she equips emerging clinicians and entrepreneurs with the tools to build sustainable, purpose-driven practices that reflect both competence and compassion.

Beyond the therapy room, Janelle partners with corporate and faith-based organizations to strengthen emotional wellness, leadership, and communication through customized mental-health education and professional development programs. She also develops and leads programming and curriculum that help organizations enhance youth development, crisis response, family engagement, restorative practices, and staff development. In doing so, she equips leaders and teams to understand their emotions, communicate with confidence, and build environments where people thrive.

Janelle also serves on the executive team at her church as the Director of Emotional Intelligence, integrating faith and psychology to help leaders and congregants foster emotional awareness, relational health, and spiritual growth within their ministries.

Education & Credentials

• M.A. in Mental Health Counseling – Alliance Graduate School of Counseling

• B.S. in Public Health – SUNY Old Westbury

• Licensed Mental Health Counselor (NY)

• Licensed Professional Counselor (NJ)

• Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (NC)

• National Certified Counselor (NCC)

• Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS)

• EMDR Trained | Gottman Method | CBT | Schema Therapy

  
  

Outside the Therapy Room

When Janelle isn’t helping clients redefine their lives, she’s likely coaching fellow clinicians, mentoring youth, or hosting workshops that merge faith and mental wellness. She enjoys traveling—especially to her beloved island of Barbados—cooking, baking and vibing to some good music.

Insurances Accepted 

Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, United Healthcare, UMR, AmeriHealth