Jodi Schwartz
Practical support for stress and life transitions
- Credentials
- LICSW, LISW-CP
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed in
- South Carolina, Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Jodi
Jodi Schwartz is a licensed social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. She also supports those coping with trauma, grief, burnout, ADHD, and issues related to relationships and identity. Jodi brings a calm, practical manner to each conversation and focuses on clear next steps rather than long explanations.
She uses straightforward methods that are easy to follow. Jodi listens first, then builds a plan that fits what the person wants to achieve.
Background and approach
That plan often blends talking through thoughts and behaviors with short, doable actions to try between sessions. Jodi holds a Master of Arts and practices as a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, LICSW, and a Licensed Independent Social Worker-Clinical Practice, LISW-CP. Her career includes two decades of experience, much of it working alongside medical teams and in mental health settings.
Her background includes helping people with chronic health concerns get connected to community resources like housing, food, and insurance. She draws on that experience when life problems stretch beyond therapy to practical needs. Sessions aim to be collaborative and respectful.
Jodi emphasizes learning simple skills, testing what works, and adjusting plans as needed. She offers support for people ready to take steps toward change and will help set realistic goals along the way.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and meeting a person where they are. It emphasizes empathy and collaboration so the client feels heard and in charge of the goals. This approach is helpful when someone needs a supportive space to sort through feelings and decide next steps.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical tools to notice unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors. Sessions usually include brief exercises and homework that people can use between meetings to reduce anxiety or lift mood.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try methods that seem likely to help. Together they review what helps and adjust the plan over time so therapy fits real life.
Online formats allow for flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around busy days, manage energy during illness, or continue work when travel or caregiving makes in-person visits hard. Many people find the variety of formats makes it simpler to keep progress steady and try new strategies between meetings.
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.
Mindfulness Therapy
Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina, Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
Next step
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