Rene Jourdan
Compassionate, practical therapy for families and adults
- Credentials
- LCPC
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed in
- Idaho
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Rene
Rene Jourdan is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) who uses a blend of practical therapies to help adults and families facing stress and difficult life changes. She keeps sessions focused and direct so people can find clearer ways to cope and move forward.
Her work often addresses anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, and parenting concerns in everyday terms that are easy to follow. Rene combines person-centered listening with cognitive-behavioral techniques and elements from acceptance and commitment approaches.
Background and approach
She draws on experience leading crisis services in North Idaho and supervising programs for substance use and family support. That background shapes how she responds to moments of crisis and ongoing challenges. In her practice she offers both group and individual formats.
She has led coping skills groups, mental health processing groups, and used the Matrix Model for addiction treatment. Those group experiences inform how she structures sessions and sets achievable goals with clients. Rene has worked in program management for substance use disorder services and provides group and individual addiction treatment for people with co-occurring conditions.
Her approach prioritizes practical skills, tailored strategies, and steady support while people work through painful or confusing situations. Clients can expect a calm, straightforward style that centers their immediate needs. Sessions aim to clarify problems, try concrete tools, and build on what already works in each person’s life.
Rene practices in Idaho and conducts sessions in English.
Therapeutic approaches that translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and moving through life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, low mood, and many daily struggles. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early and current relationships shape responses; it can be helpful for family dynamics and intimacy-related concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then recommend ways to try these methods together. That collaborative planning helps shape whether sessions emphasize skills practice, values-based action, or relationship-focused work.
Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around childcare, work, or other responsibilities, and they allow for brief check-ins as well as longer sessions. The variety of formats supports flexible, ongoing care tailored to what feels manageable for each person.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.
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.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Idaho
- Languages
- English
Next step
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