Janene Kingsley

Janene Kingsley, LMFT #152376 in California is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and the author of R.E.A.L. Repair: When Connection Breaks: Brain-Based Tools to Rebuild Trust and Make Repair Possible. Her work focuses on relational repair, trust injuries, communication breakdowns, emotional reactivity, family rupture, intimacy concerns, and the patterns that keep people stuck in painful relationship cycles.

As a therapist and author, Janene writes with a compassionate, direct, and clinically grounded voice. She helps readers understand what happens in the brain and body when connection breaks, why people often escalate, shut down, defend, or withdraw, and how meaningful repair requires more than a quick apology or surface-level communication script.

Her work integrates relational neuroscience, trauma-informed care, attachment insight, emotional regulation, accountability, and practical tools for rebuilding trust when repair is possible. Janene is the founder of Transformative Relational Therapy Center in Citrus Heights, California, where she supports individuals and couples seeking healthier communication, deeper self-awareness, and more connected relationships.

R.E.A.L. Repair was written for people who are tired of repeating the same painful patterns and want a clearer, more honest way to understand rupture, responsibility, and repair.