About Jodi
Jodi Gregory is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) who helps people in Iowa navigate stress, anxiety, trauma, parenting concerns, low self-esteem, and depression. She emphasizes a compassionate, faith-informed style and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Jodi aims to make sessions straightforward and grounded in the person’s daily life.
Her work centers on helping people build self-compassion and better communication. She supports those healing from past wounds, including abandonment, adoption and foster care histories, and family of origin issues.
How Jodi works
She also addresses caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and challenges like codependency and commitment worries. Jodi uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to teach coping skills, reduce symptoms, and rebuild confidence. She adapts her approach for concerns such as panic, trauma-related symptoms, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, and feelings of emptiness.
Sessions focus on clear goals and small, achievable changes. She brings four years of clinical experience and blends practical symptom work with attention to values and relationships. Jodi describes her counseling as trauma-informed and culturally aware, aiming to listen first and guide next.
Her faith-informed perspective is offered as part of therapy when clients want it. People can expect a calm, respectful therapist who emphasizes real-world tools and improved daily functioning. Jodi works with clients to set manageable goals and track progress over time.
What Jodi works with
The areas below are the ones Jodi selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Iowa |
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Online support options
Practical evidence-based approaches and online care
Jodi integrates evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear skills and symptom relief. One common approach she uses teaches coping skills for anxiety and stress through breathing, grounding, and step-by-step exposure to feared situations. This helps reduce panic and makes daily tasks feel more manageable.Another method focuses on working through trauma and past hurts by helping people process painful memories and build safer ways of relating to themselves and others. That work often includes rebuilding self-esteem and improving communication in relationships affected by family of origin issues, abandonment, or adoption histories.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then adapt techniques accordingly in a collaborative way.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction similar to an office visit. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer brief, flexible ways to stay connected between sessions and fit counseling into busy days.
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