Jodie Gardner, LPCC, LPC
Texas · 9 years in practice
Jodie Gardner is a licensed professional counselor with nine years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LPC, Texas
- 77489 · expires September 2026
- LPCC, California
- 20432 · expires September 2027
- NPI
- 1821599796 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 9
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
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. Jodie focuses on practical, down-to-earth therapy for people facing hard moments.
Jodie helps people manage addictions, trauma, grief, and major life changes. She also supports those dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar challenges, and sleep or eating struggles. Relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, career questions, and issues around identity such as LGBT matters are also within her scope.
Background and approach
Her approach is collaborative and straightforward. Sessions aim to make space for honest feeling and careful thinking. She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based work, client-centered listening, and cognitive behavioral techniques.
Clients can expect clear goals and practical skills alongside emotional processing. Jodie pays attention to how patterns in relationships and early attachments affect current life. She also addresses co-occurring concerns such as chronic pain, caregiver stress, body image, and codependency.
Jodie offers several online session formats to fit busy schedules. She encourages a first step of filling a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session that fits the clients life. Her tone is warm and encouraging, focused on steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Jodie lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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 names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapy approaches work online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people understand and change how emotions shape their relationships. It focuses on moments of connection and feeling so clients can shift patterns that cause pain or distance.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches people to notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It pairs that awareness with clear values-based action for handling anxiety, depression, and life changes.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns influence current behavior and closeness. It can be useful for people dealing with trust, abandonment worries, or repeated relationship hurts.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels useful. That collaborative process helps shape which methods are used and how sessions proceed.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and texting are helpful for brief check-ins, focused coaching, or when someone wants flexible timing. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, or caregiving schedules while keeping the clinician relationship consistent and ongoing.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Jodie commonly address?
She supports people with addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, life transitions, stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and sleep or eating problems, among other issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and straightforward, combining emotional processing with practical skills. Sessions focus on making space for feelings while building tools for daily life.
What background and experience does she bring?
Jodie has nine years of clinical experience working with adults and couples and has experience supporting people seeking freedom from addiction.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds LPCC and LPC credentials and practices in Texas. The profile lists CA LPCC and TX LPC as credential details.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she use for online work?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different communication needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model 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 a session according to therapist availability.
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