- Years in practice
- 9
- Credentials
- LPCC, LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas, California
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Grief
About Jodie
Jodie Gardner is a licensed professional counselor with nine years of clinical experience. She holds LPCC and LPC credentials and provides short- and longer-term support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, and parenting challenges. She practices from Texas and speaks English.
Her work focuses on building a space where people can speak honestly about what is hard. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused. Jodie listens for what matters most and helps clients choose small, practical steps they can try between meetings.
Background and approach
She uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to notice unhelpful thinking and to build new habits. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps clients clarify values and take committed action even when emotions feel intense. Attachment-based ideas guide conversations about relationship patterns and how early connections shape current responses.
Jodie also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills for managing strong emotions and improving distress tolerance. That mix makes room for both practical skill-building and deeper reflection on relationship dynamics and identity concerns. People typically come for help with grief, trauma, substance concerns, sleep problems, parenting stress, and career or relationship strain.
Sessions can include coaching-style plans, emotion regulation practice, and problem-solving for daily life. Jodie encourages gradual changes and celebrates small gains along the way.
What Jodie works with
Everything Jodie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Jodie helps people with.
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Jodie lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches that translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts and still choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions by focusing on what matters and building committed steps toward it. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how those patterns affect current behavior. It supports work on intimacy-related issues, parenting stress, and relationship dynamics by exploring how earlier connections shape present reactions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-world experiments. It is helpful for sleep problems, anxiety, mood changes, and day-to-day behavior changes.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist will work collaboratively to match methods to a person’s goals, needs, and preferences. That might mean combining skills training with values-based work and relationship-focused conversation as progress unfolds.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and working through exercises together. Phone sessions can fit into a work break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or to focus on brief coaching, homework, and reminders. These options can help people keep momentum when schedules are busy or when stepping into counseling feels hard.
Questions people ask about Jodie
What kinds of problems does Jodie address?
She helps with anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, trauma, parenting stress, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep and eating concerns, and work-related stress.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Sessions are conversational and practical. Jodie focuses on listening, teaching skills, and setting small achievable goals between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has nine years of experience working in counseling roles with adults and with people navigating relationship and life transitions.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She holds LPCC and LPC credentials and practices in Texas with license designations CA LPCC and TX LPC noted in her background.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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