- Years in practice
- 11
- Credentials
- LCPC
- Licensed in
- Idaho
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Rene
Rene Jourdan is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) who combines practical methods with straightforward support. She focuses on helping adults facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, parenting concerns, and relationship challenges. Her work aims to help people build coping skills and make day-to-day changes that feel manageable.
Rene uses a mix of person-centered care and evidence-based tools to fit each person’s needs. She often draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people live in line with their values. Her background includes more than a decade in mental health work and over five years providing crisis services in North Idaho. That crisis work shaped her ability to respond calmly when people feel overwhelmed or unsafe.
She has led programs for adult and adolescent substance use and supervised family and peer support initiatives. Rene provides both individual and group work, including coping skills groups and structured models for addiction treatment. She has facilitated a Matrix Model group and other mental health processing groups.
These group formats focus on practical strategies and peer connection. In sessions she takes a collaborative, respectful stance. Conversations tend to focus on concrete steps, skills practice, and tracking progress over time.
Rene works with clients to set clear goals and choose approaches that match their situation and preferences.
What Rene works with
Everything Rene lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Rene helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Rene lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then choose actions that reflect what matters to them. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people develop healthier ways of relating and communicating.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rene will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan over time. She uses a mix of strategies so the process stays flexible and grounded in what the client needs and prefers.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes therapy easier to fit into busy schedules. Video is good for longer sessions and real-time interaction. Phone sessions work well when lower bandwidth or no camera is needed. Live chat and text messages are helpful for brief check-ins, skill practice, or when writing things out feels clearer. These options increase access and make ongoing work more manageable for people balancing family, work, or health demands.
Questions people ask about Rene
What concerns does Rene help people address?
She helps adults with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, anger, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses a blended approach that centers the person and adds structured methods like cognitive behavioral techniques and acceptance-based strategies to teach practical skills.
What experience does she bring?
Rene has 11 years of experience, including over five years providing crisis services in North Idaho and leadership in substance use and peer support programs.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing from Idaho.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled?
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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