About Jodi
Jodi Weslow is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She focuses on practical tools that make daily life easier. Jodi aims to help clients feel calmer and more able to cope when emotions feel overwhelming.
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. Sessions are shaped around each person’s needs and goals. Jodi uses clear techniques to build self-awareness and stronger coping skills rather than long theory talks.
Background and approach
Jodi draws from client-centered work that emphasizes the client's perspective. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and shift behavior. Solution-focused strategies are used to set short-term goals and find immediate steps forward.
She pays attention to how emotions connect with the body and nervous system. That helps people learn simple ways to regulate strong feelings. Jodi keeps interventions practical so skills can be used during a stressful day.
Many people come for help with parenting stress, grief, career changes, compassion fatigue, ADHD symptoms, or social anxiety. She also supports concerns related to adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, family of origin questions, eating concerns, and anger. Jodi works with clients in Virginia and offers sessions in English.
Her approach is steady and nonjudgmental. She helps people slow down, make sense of what they are experiencing, and build realistic tools that fit everyday life.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-centered work focuses on the person’s own experience and priorities. In online sessions this means the therapist listens closely and follows each person’s pace to build trust and clarity. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors. Online CBT often uses practical exercises and thought records that people can complete between appointments. Solution-focused therapy zeroes in on small, concrete steps toward a client’s goals, which can be especially helpful when someone needs quick tools to reduce anxiety or handle a specific problem.Deciding which approach to use is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has helped before, then suggest techniques to try. That collaborative process makes it easier to adjust methods as needs change.
Online formats offer flexibility for people juggling busy schedules. Video calls let the therapist and client work face to face from different locations. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging provide quick ways to share updates, practice skills, or get brief support between longer appointments. These options help people fit therapy into everyday life while still focusing on skill-building and progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Intellectual disability
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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