- Person-centered care
- Addiction support
- Adoption awareness
About Rene
Rene Jourdan, LCPC, offers practical, person-focused therapy for adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and other life challenges. She emphasizes compassionate, empathetic care that helps people cope now and move toward the life they want. Rene draws on a mix of approaches to tailor sessions to each person's needs.
Rene brings 11 years of clinical experience in mental health settings. She spent over five years providing crisis support via a regional crisis line in North Idaho. That work informs her calm, steady approach when addressing urgent concerns such as suicidal thoughts or self-harm, and when helping people manage co-occurring issues.
Her practice integrates elements of client-centered work, cognitive-behavioral methods, and acceptance-based strategies to address thoughts, behaviors, and values. She also uses attachment-focused ideas and dialectical skills when those fit a client's goals. Sessions typically focus on developing coping skills, building motivation, and improving everyday functioning.
Rene has managed and supervised programs for family and peer support and for substance use treatment. She currently oversees a substance use disorder program and runs both group and individual addiction treatment, including structured group curricula she has facilitated in the past.
People can expect straightforward language and a collaborative stance in sessions. Rene aims to help clients make manageable changes, strengthen coping, and work toward clearer priorities. She supports individuals through grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, ADHD-related struggles, and issues tied to adoption and foster care.
Background and approach: Rene’s clinical background includes program supervision and crisis response, which shapes her practical focus. Her use of motivational and solution-focused techniques helps people set small, doable goals. In addiction work she draws on group models and individual planning to address co-occurring challenges. Throughout, she emphasizes empathy and client direction when choosing strategies.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and act in line with their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and making life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on identifying patterns of thinking and behavior and practicing new skills to reduce symptoms like depression and anxiety. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at relationship patterns that shape how people connect and respond to others, which can help with intimacy and attachment concerns. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they shape a plan that may blend methods to address skills, values, and relationship patterns in a way that fits the person. Confirm the session formats available before booking since specific formats are not listed in the biography. Online care can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also support ongoing work with structured exercises, behavioral practice between sessions, and group or individual formats if those are offered by the therapist or program.Areas of expertise
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Experience
11+ years
Credentials
Idaho
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Rene commonly address?
Rene works with adults around stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, ADHD, and concerns related to adoption and foster care.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a blend of client-centered, cognitive-behavioral, and acceptance-based approaches with practical skill-building and collaborative goal setting.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Rene has 11 years of experience, including crisis line work and program supervision in substance use and mental health services.
What credentials and region are associated with Rene?
She holds the LCPC credential and practices from Idaho.
Can sessions be held in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with clients outside the United States?
International clients are accepted.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps do I take to begin therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist’s availability.