We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Janet Bayramyan. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Janet below.

Alright, Janet thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. We’d love to hear about how you went about setting up your own practice and if you have any advice for professionals who might be considering starting their own?

I believe that every individual has their own story as to how they got to the place they’ve gotten. I know for me, it was not the easiest journey to get to where I am, as for many years I had to work on building my own self confidence and self worth to get to this place. Before I even started my practice, I worked at many agency settings and group practices trying to learn everything I could about mental health, mental health treatment, trauma and trauma recovery. I was adamant that I would be the best therapist I could be on my journey. Little did I realize that I would add business owner into the mix, and that I would learn how to run a psychotherapy practice to my repertoire. I wouldn’t have done anything differently looking back. For the first few years in practice, I worked under different group practice owners. This was a great start to my career as I was able to get my feet wet into the business component of private practice, learn as an apprentice, and thereafter follow the skills that I learned to develop a practice that I wanted to grow. The advice I would share with young professionals is to look into mentorship or apprenticeship so that you can learn from the individuals whom you admire.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

I became a therapist as I had my own personal story of healing trauma. I experienced the amazing power of healing and strength when I did my own internal work of working through my own challenges. It is for this reason and the amazing clinicians I encountered in my own growth that I made the decision to become a trauma therapist. I am a trauma therapist that specializes in practicing EMDR therapy and Brainspotting therapy to support individuals in healing traumatic and distressing experiences. I am licensed in FL, CA, and SC, and I am so proud that I have a wide reach of people that I can support. My journey has had both smooth experiences and also ups and downs in the process. I believe that we are all resilient and looking back, I know I felt like those challenges were significant catastrophes. However, now when I look back, I realize that those were minor bumps, just a part of my journey to being here. Today we’d like to introduce you to Janet Bayramyan.

Janet, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
I became a therapist as I had my own personal story of healing trauma. I experienced the amazing power of healing and strength when I did my own internal work of working through my own challenges. It is for this reason and the amazing clinicians I encountered in my own growth that I made the decision to become a trauma therapist. I am a trauma therapist that specializes in practicing EMDR therapy and Brainspotting therapy to support individuals in healing traumatic and distressing experiences. I am licensed in FL, CA, and SC, and I am so proud that I have a wide reach of people that I can support.

I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey have been a fairly smooth road?
My journey has had both smooth experiences and also ups and downs in the process. I believe that we are all resilient and looking back, I know I felt like those challenges were significant catastrophes. However, now when I look back, I realize that those were minor bumps, just a part of my journey to being here.

I run a hybrid psychotherapy practice, working both online and in person to support individuals in their recovery process. I specialize in working with survivors of trauma to support them in their healing journeys as they navigate the ups and downs of their lives. I’m known for offering an empathetic approach while also being very direct and active with the clients I work with. I feel that what sets me apart from others is that I do my own internal work to heal and engage in my own therapy. I feel that I cannot support others if I don’t do that internal work myself. I’m proud that my brand has strong engagement with many people from all over the country. I am very active on my Instagram page and definitely love engaging with everyone that comes to my page. What I would love my readers to know is that I believe in healing and your pain does not scare me. I am a full believer in the process of recovery and healing.

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

Unfortunately, I grew up with limiting beliefs that I couldn’t run my own business. I learned that I wouldn’t be able to achieve the goals I could have achieved. Somehow I believed this negative belief, and through time, and working through my own limitations, I’ve been able to surpass those limiting beliefs. I had to unlearn that I was not capable. Even if I was not capable then, I had the internal motivation to learn and grow to improve my capacity to achieve the goals that I had wanted to achieve.

Any advice for growing your clientele? What’s been most effective for you?

Build a following. Build something that you’re passionate about that resonates with others and share with others of that possibility. As a trauma therapist, I tell everyone that healing and recovery is possible. Trauma survivors often do not believe that recovery is in their future, and I am here to share that it is.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://road2wellness.co
• Instagram: https://instragram.com/therapy_with_janetb
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hN0sw2-sfo

Image Credits
Danya Jean Photography