Works with
- Anger
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
How Jean works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Virginia
- Years in practice
- 17
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Jean
Jean Odachowski is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia with 17 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage anger and other strong emotions, and supports those facing relationship challenges, parenting stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. Her approach is calm and direct so families and individuals can find practical ways forward.
Jean draws on attachment-based work to look at how early bonds shape current responses. She also uses client-centered methods to create a respectful space where people can speak freely and feel heard.
Background and approach
Those who have experienced traumatic events may be offered EMDR techniques to process distressing memories and reduce their hold on daily life. Sessions are geared toward everyday changes. Jean helps parents set consistent limits and rebuild connection with their children.
She also supports people dealing with grief, career transitions, compassion fatigue, ADHD-related challenges, and intimacy concerns. The language in sessions stays straightforward and focused on problem solving. Her background includes extensive practice with adoption and foster care issues, attachment difficulties, postpartum and perinatal challenges, sexual assault and abuse, and disruptive mood patterns like DMDD.
That experience informs how she tailors strategies to each person's situation. Jean aims to partner with clients rather than direct them. She listens first, then suggests tools clients can try between meetings.
Progress is described in concrete steps so people can see how change is happening and when to adjust the plan.
What Jean works with
Everything Jean lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Jean's practice.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Sexual assault and abuse
Approaches Jean lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Narrative Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Jean's approaches work online
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships influence feelings and behavior now. Online sessions using this approach help people notice patterns in their close connections and practice new ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions; it teaches specific skills to reduce anxiety, manage anger, and change unhelpful habits. EMDR is used to help process disturbing memories so they cause less emotional upset in daily life.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Jean will listen to your concerns and goals, then suggest methods that match your needs and preferences. The choice of techniques is collaborative so clients can try what fits and adjust as progress is made.
Online therapy with Jean uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to fit quick updates or coaching into a busy day. These options help people maintain momentum between meetings and keep therapy accessible across different schedules.
Questions people ask about Jean
What concerns can Jean help with?
Clients come for help with anger, trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship strains, parenting challenges, grief, career stress, and coping with life changes.
What is Jean's therapeutic style?
She blends attachment-based and client-centered approaches with practical techniques. Sessions focus on clear steps and listening to each person's experience.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Jean has 17 years of professional work experience supporting people in a range of concerns from trauma to parenting and stress.
What credentials and location apply?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Virginia and conducts therapy based on that credential.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered online?
Jean provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin the process?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.