- Parenting support
- Attachment focus
- EMDR for trauma
About Jean
Jean Odachowski is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia with 17 years of clinical experience. She focuses on parenting, relationship difficulties, trauma, and related challenges such as anger, stress, anxiety, and grief. Jean works with adults who want clearer ways to manage strong feelings and improve relationships at home and work.
She uses approaches that help people tell their story and change unhelpful patterns. Jean draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current reactions. She also uses client-centered listening so people can name their goals and move at a steady pace.
For trauma, she incorporates Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, to help people process disturbing memories and reduce their grip on daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try small, practical experiments that change behavior and mood.
Jean has worked with parents using Parent Child Interaction Therapy techniques to build better routines, set consistent limits, and strengthen parent-child connection. She also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care concerns, attachment issues, postpartum depression, and recovery after sexual assault or abuse.
Her style is straightforward and focused on practical steps. Sessions include talking through immediate problems, building coping skills, and trying new ways of responding. To begin, Jean asks people to identify goals so the work stays concrete and measurable.
How Jean's approaches translate to online work
Jean uses attachment-based therapy to notice how past relationships shape current reactions, which helps when anger or frustration repeats in close relationships. Client-centered therapy gives the person space to set goals and guide the pace of sessions, useful for someone who wants practical steps and a clear agenda.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behavioral changes that can reduce anger and improve coping. CBT offers concrete tools for spotting triggers and practicing different reactions between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jean will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit best based on their goals and preferences. That shared planning helps prioritize certain techniques, like EMDR for trauma processing or CBT for day-to-day anger management.
If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking since formats are set by the therapist. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove travel time so more consistent progress is possible. Licensed professionals often adapt interventions used in person to an online setting, and Jean will help tailor practical exercises so they work in everyday life.
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Experience
17+ years
Listed in
Virginia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does she help with?
She helps with parenting, relationship difficulties, trauma, anger, stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem, career concerns, and coping with life changes.
What is her general therapeutic approach?
She combines attachment-based work, client-centered listening, CBT, narrative techniques, and EMDR to address both feelings and behaviors.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 17 years of professional work experience in counseling and related clinical roles.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Virginia and practices there.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.