Jodie Gardner, LPCC, LPC
Narrative-informed counselor focused on practical change
Details
| Name | Jodie Gardner |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPCC, LPC |
| Based in | Texas |
| Licensed in | Texas, California |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 9 |
About Jodie
Jodie Gardner is a licensed counselor who practices in Texas and holds LPCC in California and LPC in Texas. She has nine years of clinical experience and helps people who are struggling with addiction, mood and anxiety symptoms, grief, and major life changes.
Jodie aims to make the first step feel manageable and respects how hard it can be to reach out for help. She often brings Narrative therapy into sessions to help people rewrite difficult stories about themselves.
Background and approach
Jodie also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice their values and take small steps toward them. Cognitive Behavioral strategies are used when helpful to identify unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. Her style is warm and listening-focused.
She creates a space where thoughts and feelings can be spoken without judgment. Conversations move at the client's pace and focus on practical next steps that fit daily life. Jodie has worked with a wide array of concerns, including trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, sleep problems, eating issues, relationship and intimacy questions, career stress, and caregiver strain.
She also supports people facing chronic illness, attachment issues, and identity concerns within the LGBT community. Sessions include straightforward talk, targeted skill practice, and collaborative planning. Jodie offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules.
She encourages people to take the small next step toward feeling less stuck.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Addictions, Trauma and abuse, Grief among the things Jodie works with, alongside the areas below.
- 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 listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Jodie among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Jodie among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Jodie among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Jodie among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Jodie among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Jodie among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Jodie among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Jodie among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Jodie among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Jodie among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Jodie among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Jodie among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Jodie among the ways she works.
- Systemic Therapy: Listed by Jodie among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Jodie directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Jodie directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and values work translate online
Jodie integrates Narrative therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy into online work. Narrative therapy helps people separate themselves from unhelpful stories and look for alternative meanings; it can be useful for issues like shame, identity questions, and relationship patterns. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings while taking steps that match personal values, which often helps with anxiety, depression, and life transitions.Finding the right approach is a team effort. Jodie will talk with each person about their goals, what feels most useful, and how they prefer to work. Together they decide whether to focus more on storytelling and meaning, values-based actions, or practical behavior change, and can adjust as needed over time.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat can work for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options help people fit therapy around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping continuity with a licensed professional.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of problems does Jodie help with?
She helps people with addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, anxiety, depression, sleep and eating problems, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting concerns, career stress, and related challenges.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is listening-focused and collaborative. Sessions blend storytelling, values work, and hands-on skills so clients can try concrete changes between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has nine years of clinical experience working with adults on a wide range of concerns, including addiction and trauma-related issues.
What are her professional credentials and where is she based?
She holds LPCC in California and LPC in Texas and practices from Texas.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she use for online work?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How are costs and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
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