- Practical tools
- Relationship-focused
- Values-based work
About Jodie
Jodie Gardner is a licensed professional counselor in Texas and holds LPCC in California. She brings nine years of experience helping clients aged 12 and older navigate addictions, trauma, grief, and major life changes. Jodie aims to make the first step easier by meeting people where they are and creating a nonjudgmental space to talk about hard things.
Her approach is practical and straightforward. She uses methods from cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. She also draws on attachment-based work to look at how relationships shape current worries and emotional patterns.
Jodie often combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take small steps toward a meaningful life. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are used when stress, intense emotions, or self-destructive patterns are present. Her work is collaborative, with goals set together and progress checked regularly.
She has a background supporting people with addiction and chemical dependency issues, and with families facing parenting challenges, blended family concerns, and adoption or foster care matters. Jodie also helps clients coping with chronic illness, caregiving strain, body image, intimacy-related issues, and work stress.
Sessions focus on concrete tools and plain talk. Jodie aims to help clients build steadier routines for sleep and eating, improve relationships, reduce anxiety, and manage mood concerns such as depression or bipolar symptoms. She encourages clear next steps between sessions to keep momentum moving forward.
Her approach is practical and straightforward. She uses methods from cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. She also draws on attachment-based work to look at how relationships shape current worries and emotional patterns.
Jodie often combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take small steps toward a meaningful life. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are used when stress, intense emotions, or self-destructive patterns are present. Her work is collaborative, with goals set together and progress checked regularly.
She has a background supporting people with addiction and chemical dependency issues, and with families facing parenting challenges, blended family concerns, and adoption or foster care matters. Jodie also helps clients coping with chronic illness, caregiving strain, body image, intimacy-related issues, and work stress.
Sessions focus on concrete tools and plain talk. Jodie aims to help clients build steadier routines for sleep and eating, improve relationships, reduce anxiety, and manage mood concerns such as depression or bipolar symptoms. She encourages clear next steps between sessions to keep momentum moving forward.
How Jodie’s approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values. It focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck and is useful for anxiety, life changes, and motivation struggles.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers practical exercises and experiments to test new ways of thinking and behaving, which can help with depression, anxiety, and sleep or eating concerns.
Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early and current relationships affect emotions and patterns today. This work can help when intimacy, relationship trust, or family dynamics feel stuck.
Finding the right fit is part of therapy. The therapist will work collaboratively with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Sessions can be adjusted as progress and priorities become clearer.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Many people appreciate online therapy because it can fit more easily around work, caregiving, or medical appointments. It can also make shorter check-ins or skills practice simpler to schedule and can reduce travel time while keeping continuity of care.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Stress, AnxietyLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoachingADHD
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTraumatic brain injuryTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyGottman MethodMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family SystemsSystemic Therapy
Experience
9+ years
Credentials
Texas, California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Jodie address?
She works with addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting and family concerns, depression and bipolar mood issues, ADHD and other co-occurring conditions.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Jodie blends practical approaches like cognitive behavioral tools with emotionally focused and attachment-based methods. She keeps sessions straightforward and collaborative, focusing on steps you can try between meetings.
What is her background and experience?
She has nine years of clinical experience and has supported people dealing with addiction, chronic pain, caregiving stress, and major life transitions.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LPCC and LPC credentials and practices in Texas with licensure noted for CA LPCC and TX LPC.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options with the service before booking.
How does payment 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?
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