Dr. Janelle Cox

Trauma & Maternal Mental Health Specialist | EMDR Practitioner

Hello and welcome! I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with over 13 years of post-licensure experience helping individuals navigate life’s complex transitions, heal from trauma, and reclaim their peace of mind. My journey in mental health spans a diverse range of clinical settings—including community mental health, intensive home-based counseling, outpatient clinics, and school systems.

I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), a Master’s degree in Community Counseling, and a Doctorate (Ed.D.) in Counselor Education and Supervision from Argosy University. This deep academic foundation allows me to blend advanced clinical insight with warm, down-to-earth, and evidence-based care.

Specialties & Populations Served:

• Women's Mental Health & Stress: Navigating burnout, life transitions, self-worth, and boundary-setting.
• Maternal Mental Health: Perinatal/postpartum anxiety, depression, birth trauma, and identity shifts in motherhood.
• Trauma & PTSD: EMDR therapy for single-incident trauma, developmental trauma, and chronic stress.

My approach is holistic, culturally responsive, and strength-based. I believe therapy is most effective when your full humanity is welcomed into the room.

I explicitly honor and integrate all parts of who you are—including your race, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, age, and religion or spirituality—using these identity factors to support and ground your healing. Rather than viewing you through a diagnostic lens alone, I combine deep cultural safety with evidence-based modalities like EMDR, ketamine assisted therapy, ACT, and somatic awareness to help you process past pain and build lasting resilience.

Your first session is a gentle, collaborative space designed to help you feel safe, heard, and supported. We will go at your pace.

I firmly believe that you already possess incredible internal strengths and resources—my job is simply to help you uncover and sharpen them. During our initial time together, we will explore what brought you to therapy, clarify what you want your life and mental health to look like, and outline a realistic, empowering roadmap toward the vision you have for yourself.