Dinner Meeting January 7, 2025
Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 7, 2025. Our speaker will be Heather W. Janz of Janz Family Therapy. Heather’s topic will be, “Addressing Collective Loss”.
Many are experiencing a sense of loss, hopelessness and despair following recent election outcomes. With this presentation, we’ll discuss how people can move from believing their voice doesn’t matter, to more helpful thinking and learning to contribute meaningfully through advocacy. Attendees will also learn about what’s working for others and normalize seeking support.
Heather Walker Janz is a licensed marriage and family therapist, leader, speaker and online educator. She is also a wife, a mother, and is extremely passionate about using her voice to help and empower others. Heather has always known she wanted to help people through therapy. For the past 10 years, Heather has served as a leader in mental health, connecting with other professionals who deeply care about advancing the marriage and family therapy profession.
Heather’s unique past employment in college settings has allowed her to have an understanding about the difficult transitions that young people face. Her training for licensure included working in community mental health programs where she used evidenced-based practices to help teens relieve complex mental health problems. Today, Heather also provides support for young people who work in major tech and service industries by teaching them Cognitive Behavioral Therapy skills for reaching their goals. Heather was a Girl Scout as a child which led to a passion in serving leadership roles. Currently, Heather is the Secretary of the Board of Directors and Board Development Committee Chair for the Girl Scouts of Central California South (GSCCS) Council.
Heather is the CEO of Janz Family Therapy, Inc. JFT provides outpatient mental health services both in-person and virtually. JFT is a part of the Maternal Wellness Coalition of the California Health Collaborative and accepts MediCal & MediCare in order to be accessible to a majority of the mental health needs of the Central Valley. JFT also serves as an employment site for associates in training in order to grow the mental health workforce locally in our community.
