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Rene Jourdan, LCPC

  • Experience11 years
  • LocationIdaho
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Family, and Trauma and abuse
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
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About Rene

Rene Jourdan is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) who centers her work on compassionate, person-focused care that helps adults and families navigate complex mental health challenges.

Background and approach

With 11 years of clinical experience in Idaho, she integrates Internal Family Systems (IFS) alongside cognitive-behavioral and client-centered ideas to help clients explore internal parts, manage symptoms, and build practical coping strategies. Her background includes substantial crisis work and leadership in substance use treatment, giving her a broad perspective on co-occurring concerns such as addiction and mood disorders.

Rene has played a key role delivering crisis services through the North Idaho Crisis Line for over five years and currently manages a substance use disorder program while providing both group and individual addiction treatment.

She has supervised family and peer support initiatives and led therapeutic groups focused on coping skills, basic mental health processing, and the Matrix Model of addiction. Rene’s practice addresses stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, ADHD, grief, and a range of attachment and family-related concerns, helping people move from survival to clearer, values-aligned living.

How integrative approaches adapt to online therapy



Internal Family Systems (IFS) helps people explore inner parts that hold emotions, beliefs, or protective roles, offering a way to understand internal conflicts and heal from trauma or attachment wounds. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on values-based action and learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to meaningful behavior changes, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions.

Deciding which approach fits best is a collaborative process. The therapist will work together with the client to assess goals, preferences, and presenting concerns to shape a flexible plan that may blend IFS, ACT, and other techniques. That shared exploration helps ensure sessions emphasize the methods that feel most useful for the individual's situation.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for accessing these approaches through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats provide scheduling flexibility, continuity when travel or location is a factor, and options for people who prefer written or remote communication styles. Licensed professionals can adapt IFS and ACT techniques to remote sessions, using conversation, guided exercises, and homework to support progress over time.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Rene help with?
Rene works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, addiction, relationship and intimacy difficulties, ADHD, grief, and various family and attachment-related concerns.
What is Rene's therapeutic approach and style?
She uses an integrated, compassionate style drawing on Internal Family Systems, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based and client-centered techniques, plus cognitive-behavioral methods to tailor care to each person's needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Rene has 11 years of experience, including more than five years providing crisis services and ongoing leadership in substance use disorder programs and therapeutic group work.
What are Rene's credentials and where is she located?
She holds the LCPC credential with license ID LCPC-6833 and practices from Idaho.
Does she work with people who live outside the United States?
Yes, she accepts international clients and offers services in English.
Which session formats are available for working together?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are involved in beginning therapy?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseSelf esteemDepression

Also works with

AddictionsRelationship issuesGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBlended family issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Gottman MethodMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

11+ years

Licensed

Idaho

Languages

English