JoDee Keller, LICSW

JoDee Keller is a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) practicing in Washington. She brings 20 years of experience and a straightforward, problem-focused style that appeals to people seeking practical help for everyday struggles.

Her work often centers on stress, anxiety, parenting concerns, low self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. She also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, grief, eating issues, anger, and compassion fatigue. JoDee pays attention to how social forces like sexism, racism, heterosexism, and classism affect someone’s situation.

JoDee favors short-term, goal-oriented approaches. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, solution-focused techniques, and motivational interviewing to help people identify small changes that make a difference. Mindfulness methods are included to help with anxiety and repetitive negative thinking.

Her background includes many years working in schools with children, youth, parents, and caregivers, plus experience in behavioral health with adults who have chronic mental illness. She has also supported college students facing academic and life transitions. This range gives her a practical sense of common family and school stresses.

Sessions focus on clear goals, concrete skills, and the next steps a person can try between meetings. JoDee aims to tailor conversations and plans to each person’s needs, honoring their pace and readiness for change. Taking the first step can feel hard, and she offers steady support through that process.

Evidence-informed approaches for online care

JoDee regularly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thinking and change behaviors that keep problems going. CBT often includes simple exercises and homework to practice new skills between sessions and can help with anxiety, depression, and stress.

She also draws on Mindfulness Therapy to teach attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and calm the nervous system. Mindfulness techniques are useful for managing worry, improving focus, and reducing rumination.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work together. JoDee treats therapy as a collaboration, checking goals and preferences and adjusting methods as progress is made or challenges shift. She helps people identify which tools fit their daily life and priorities.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video allows face-to-face conversation for skills coaching, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text can be useful for brief check-ins or ongoing support, and messaging supports short reflections and reminders between meetings. These options help therapy fit around work, school, and family schedules.