Jodi Fortner
Compassionate, practical therapy for everyday challenges
LPC Missouri
- Experience
- 12 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Grief, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Jodi
Jodi Fortner is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 12 years of clinical experience practicing in Missouri. She focuses on how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect, helping clients learn practical strategies to manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and the effects of trauma and abuse.
Background and approach
Her work also addresses self-esteem, self-love, coping with life changes, and concerns common in young adulthood. Jodi draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside solution-focused and trauma-informed methods to tailor sessions to each person’s needs.
She emphasizes skill-building and actionable steps so clients can practice new ways of responding to difficult emotions and everyday challenges. In sessions she guides exploration of past experiences when it supports healing, while keeping attention on realistic, achievable goals for the present and future.
Clients can expect a collaborative, down-to-earth approach that balances understanding with concrete tools. Her practice aims to help people build coping skills, clarify priorities, and move forward with greater confidence and resilience.
Practical approaches for online healing and growth
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying patterns of thought that contribute to distress and replacing unhelpful thoughts with more balanced ones; it is often used to address anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching concrete skills for managing reactions. Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes small, achievable steps and strengths already present in a person’s life, helping clients set clear goals and move toward them with short-term, practical strategies.
Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to assess needs, preferences, and goals, and may blend techniques from these methods to create a personalized plan. Clients are invited to share feedback and adjust direction as therapy progresses so the work stays aligned with what feels most useful.
Online therapy offers flexible options such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit varied schedules and communication styles. These formats make it easier to access consistent support from a licensed professional without rearranging life around appointments, and they allow techniques and tools from CBT and solution-focused work to be practiced between meetings.
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Experience
12+ years
Licensed
Missouri
Languages
English