About Jodi
Jodi Colbert is a licensed clinical social worker in Illinois who helps people managing stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and relationship struggles. She offers a calm, respectful approach that centers on each person’s strengths. Jodi uses straightforward conversation to help clients make practical changes and feel more grounded.
She focuses on concerns such as trauma and abuse, self-esteem, attachment difficulties, panic and mood disorders, and perinatal challenges. Jodi also addresses communication problems, codependency, family of origin issues, and feelings of isolation or purposelessness.
Background and approach
Her work includes support for veterans and people dealing with guilt, shame, or forgiveness questions. Her style is warm and collaborative. Jodi treats clients as the experts on their own lives and helps them shape goals that matter.
She draws on Client-Centered and Cognitive Behavioral methods to build clearer thinking and daily coping skills. Jodi also uses Narrative and Existential ideas to help people find meaning and reframe painful stories. Mindfulness practices are added when helpful to reduce reactivity and improve focus.
Treatment plans are adapted to fit each person’s situation and goals. She has five years of clinical social work experience and holds an Illinois Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, LCSW. Sessions are offered in English and provided through a range of online formats to suit different needs.
Jodi aims to be a steady partner while clients work toward clearer routines, improved relationships, and emotional relief.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Jodi often uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online sessions. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, building trust, and helping people find their own solutions; it can help with relationship concerns and self-esteem. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and develop new coping skills; it is useful for anxiety, panic, and mood symptoms.She also draws on Existential ideas to help clients look at meaning, choices, and life direction when those questions feel urgent. Together the therapist and client choose and adjust approaches based on symptoms, personal goals, and what feels most useful in practice. This decision is collaborative and can change as progress unfolds.
Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging - offer practical flexibility. Video calls work well for longer sessions that mimic in-person visits. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier on low-connection days. Live chat or text messaging suit brief check-ins, real-time support between meetings, or people who prefer written reflection. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and maintain continuity when schedules change.
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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