Jodie Gardner
Practical, compassionate therapy for real-life struggles
LPCC, LPC Texas
- Experience
- 9 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Addictions, Trauma and abuse, Grief
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Jodie
Jodie Gardner is a licensed professional counselor with nine years of clinical experience. She holds LPCC and LPC credentials and practices from Texas.
Background and approach
Jodie guides people through addiction, mood concerns, relationship strain, and major life changes in a straightforward, caring way. Her work focuses on practical tools and clear conversation.
She helps people cope with trauma and abuse, grief, chronic pain, insomnia, anxiety, depression, and the stress of caregiving. Jodie also assists those dealing with identity and intimacy-related concerns, body image, and work or career pressure.
Sessions are conversational and collaborative. Jodie listens first, then offers techniques drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to change unhelpful patterns.
She uses attachment-informed ideas to help clients understand relationship dynamics and improve connection. People who prefer a direct, nonjudgmental approach often find this style helpful.
Jodie aims to make therapy feel manageable, breaking goals into small, practical steps and checking in on progress frequently. She emphasizes skills that can be used between sessions to reduce distress and support steady change.
Parents and adults juggling multiple demands will find an emphasis on real-life solutions here. Jodie recognizes how burnout, compassion fatigue, and caregiving stress affect daily functioning and offers focused strategies to restore balance and build coping skills.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Jodie draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-based ideas to guide online sessions. ACT focuses on clarifying personal values and learning flexible ways to respond to painful thoughts and feelings, which can help with anxiety, depression, and chronic pain. Attachment-based approaches look at how early relationship patterns influence current connections and communication, which can be useful for intimacy and relationship challenges.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust the plan over time based on what helps most. That way the work stays practical and relevant to daily life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people talk face to face from different locations, while phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer brief, on-the-go check-ins and written exercises between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and help therapy fit around work, caregiving, and other responsibilities.
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Experience
9+ years
Licensed in
Texas, California
Languages
English