About Jodie
Jodie Tarver is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas who helps people struggling with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and major life changes. She speaks plainly and offers steady, respectful support to people who are feeling overwhelmed or stuck. She focuses on what a person needs right now and shapes conversations to fit each situation.
Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented, with attention to coping skills and emotional safety.
Background and approach
The aim is to help people move toward clearer thinking and more manageable days. Tarver brings three years of counseling experience across varied settings. That experience includes supporting people facing loss, adjusting after trauma, and managing mood concerns.
She also works with issues tied to aging, cancer, first responder stress, veteran concerns, and family-of-origin problems. Her style is direct but compassionate. She listens for what matters most, offers practical strategies, and checks in about what is and isn't helpful.
Progress is planned in small, achievable steps so changes feel manageable. People who choose her can expect straightforward talk about goals, symptoms, and coping tools. Jodie will collaborate on a plan, adjust it as needed, and help people practice skills between sessions.
The focus is on building resilience and gradual improvement over time.
How evidence-based techniques translate to online therapy
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques are applied in straightforward ways. One approach focuses on building practical coping skills for anxiety and stress, teaching breathing, grounding, and thought-management strategies that can be practiced between sessions. Another approach concentrates on processing trauma and loss by pacing conversations, naming reactions, and developing safety and regulation strategies to reduce overwhelm. These methods help with mood symptoms, grief, first responder stress, and related concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will ask about your goals, symptoms, and daily life, and then recommend methods that fit your needs. That plan is reviewed and adjusted collaboratively as you try techniques and notice what helps.
Online formats offer flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send notes, get brief support, or use messaging between sessions for ongoing practice. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, medical appointments, or caregiving responsibilities.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Cancer
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English