About Jodi
Jodi Colbert is an Illinois-licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who brings five years of direct practice to clients seeking support for mood challenges, stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem struggles.
Background and approach
She centers care on each person’s strengths and lived experience, working collaboratively to create treatment plans that reflect individual goals and values. Her approach blends client-centered listening with cognitive-behavioral techniques, narrative exploration, and solution-focused strategies to address problems such as attachment wounds, communication difficulties, grief, and codependency.
Jodi aims to help people make sense of painful experiences, reduce symptoms like panic or low mood, and build practical skills for daily life. She treats issues related to pregnancy and childbirth, postpartum depression, post-traumatic stress, and other mood disorders with sensitivity and a respectful, nonjudgmental stance.
Jodi values dignity and respect in therapeutic relationships and emphasizes collaboration as clients work toward healing, greater self-understanding, and improved coping. Her practice is tailored to the needs presented in each session and adapts evidence-informed methods to fit personal preferences and goals.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online work
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathetic listening and validation, helping people feel heard and understood so they can explore values, identity, and personal strengths. It is useful for those navigating life transitions, relationship concerns, and questions of meaning. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying patterns of thought and behavior that contribute to distress and then practicing concrete skills to change those patterns; it often helps with anxiety, panic, mood disorders, and stress-related symptoms. Narrative Therapy invites clients to examine and reframe the stories they tell about themselves, which can loosen the grip of shame, guilt, and limiting beliefs and support new ways of relating to past events.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each client to identify which methods best match their needs, goals, and personal preferences, and will adjust the plan as progress unfolds. This collaborative process helps ensure treatment stays relevant and practical.
Online therapy with this practice uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. Remote formats make it easier to attend regularly, try brief check-ins between sessions, and access support from wherever a client is located within the therapist’s service area, while still allowing for focused, evidence-informed interventions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English