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Online therapist

Jean Odachowski

Calm, practical support for parents and caregivers

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Credentials
LPC
Experience
17 years
Licensed in
Virginia
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Jean

Jean Odachowski is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Virginia with 17 years of experience. She focuses on practical help for parents and caregivers, addressing parenting struggles, relationships, and trauma. Her style is warm and straightforward, aimed at making small changes that ease daily life for families.

Jean often uses eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, known as EMDR, to help people move through painful memories. She combines that with cognitive behavioral tools to spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.

Background and approach

She also draws on attachment-based ideas to strengthen bonds between caregivers and children. Sessions are set up to be open and nonjudgmental. Jean listens first and then works with each person to find steps that fit their situation.

She emphasizes learning clear ways to set limits, reduce conflict, and build more predictable routines. Her background includes long clinical experience with trauma, grief, postpartum challenges, adoption and foster care issues, and attention-related concerns. Jean also supports people coping with stress, career shifts, and compassion fatigue.

She brings a mix of trauma-focused methods and practical coaching to help people manage everyday struggles. Jean encourages parents and caregivers to take the first step when they feel overwhelmed. She focuses on concrete skills, gentle processing of difficult memories, and rebuilding safer connections at home.

The goal is steadier days and more confidence in parenting choices.

Therapeutic approaches and online options for parents

Jean uses EMDR to help people process disturbing memories and reduce the emotional charge those memories carry. That method often helps when trauma or past abuse continues to affect parenting, relationships, or daily functioning. She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, known as CBT, to identify unhelpful thought patterns and try new behaviors that improve mood and reduce conflict.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Jean starts by listening to your goals and concerns, then suggests methods that match your needs. She works collaboratively to adjust techniques so they fit your family life and comfort level.

Online therapy offers flexibility for busy parents. Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, which lets people connect from home, during breaks, or on the go. These options make it easier to keep regular appointments and try practical strategies between sessions.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Jean address?
She works with parenting challenges, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, stress, anxiety, grief, and related issues like postpartum depression and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach is practical and supportive, blending trauma-focused methods with cognitive-behavioral strategies and attachment ideas to help families make workable changes.
What is her professional background?
Jean has 17 years of professional experience working with parents, caregivers, and people affected by trauma and loss.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, credential VA LPC 0701003937, and provides services while based in Virginia.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can be delivered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are involved in getting started?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience
17 years
Licensed
Virginia
Languages
English

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