About Jodyne(Jody)
Jodyne (Jody) Bilstrom is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Idaho. She brings 30 years of social work and counseling experience to sessions. Jody runs a independent practice focused on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, and chronic health concerns.
Her style is down-to-earth and relaxed. She treats people with respect and sensitivity, and aims to create a space where clients can speak honestly without fear of judgment.
Background and approach
Jody uses a sense of humor along with steady support to help people feel more at ease. In sessions she focuses on identifying strengths and building on them. That practical work can include addressing sleep or eating problems, anger, addictions, bipolar and ADHD-related concerns, and intimacy or family stress.
She also helps people coping with loss, life changes, and long-term illness. Jody adapts her approach to each person’s needs. She draws on several evidence-based methods and tailors the plan to what will help most.
Over her career she has worked across community mental health and medical settings, which influences how she supports people with both mental and physical health struggles. She offers online options including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging.
Jody will work with each person to choose the best way to communicate and to set goals that fit their life and pace.
Online approaches that focus on strengths and skills
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and focus on values-driven action. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with chronic health issues. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical tools to change unhelpful patterns. It often helps with depression, anxiety, sleep, and eating concerns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships, which can be helpful for anger, mood instability, and impulsive behaviors.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Jody will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and daily life, and tailor the mix of methods to fit those needs. Together they set clear goals and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls are good when visual interaction helps, phone sessions work with lower bandwidth or when being on camera is difficult, and chat or messaging let people check in between appointments or fit therapy into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care while fitting therapy into work, caregiving, or medical schedules.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Idaho
- Languages
- English
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