Jodyne(Jody) Bilstrom, LCSW

Jodyne (Jody) Bilstrom is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Idaho with 30 years of counseling and social work experience. She holds a master's degree from the University of Illinois. Jody has spent most of her career in mental health and working with people facing chronic health issues. She has run a private practice for the last ten years focused on trauma, grief, chronic health conditions, depression, and anxiety.

Jody keeps a laid-back counseling style that aims to be straightforward and practical. She helps people talk through stress, anger, trauma, grief, addictions, sleep and eating concerns, and the challenges of life transitions. She often highlights a person's existing strengths and works with them to build on those abilities.

Over decades of practice she has used a range of approaches to fit different situations. Her work draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and client-centered methods. Those approaches guide the kinds of conversations and exercises she brings into sessions.

Clients can expect direct conversation about current problems, paced to the individual's readiness. Jody notes that online counseling has been effective for many issues and she uses it alongside her in-person experience. She frames treatment around concrete steps and coping skills rather than abstract talk.

Her background includes work with grief, trauma and chronic illness alongside common mood and anxiety concerns. People looking for help with anger, relationship communication, or coping after loss will find a pragmatic, experience-based approach in her practice.

How her clinical approaches translate to online work