Jade Dodde, LMSW

Jade Dodde is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) based in Michigan who helps adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. She focuses on everyday thinking patterns and habits that shape how people cope, so sessions center on practical steps to feel steadier. Her tone is warm and down-to-earth, aimed at people who want straightforward support without judgment.

Jade frames therapy as a collaborative process. She listens to each person’s story and works together to set realistic, measurable goals. Common tools include cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and skills from dialectical behavior approaches to support emotion regulation and clearer thinking.

Her background includes eight years of clinical work with adults navigating mood disorders, ADHD, substance use concerns, trauma, and relationship stress. That experience informs how she helps clients translate insight into daily routines and habits that reduce distress and improve functioning.

In sessions clients can expect a focus on identifying unhelpful thought patterns, building coping strategies, and practicing small behavior changes. The work often combines problem-solving with acceptance-oriented practices to increase psychological flexibility and resilience.

Jade values pacing that fits each person’s needs and prefers collaborative goal-setting. She supports people working through grief, parenting challenges, career stress, intimacy and communication struggles, and issues related to identity and recovery.

How therapeutic approaches shape online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without getting stuck in them and clarifies values to guide small behavior changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thought patterns that drive distress and testing new behaviors to shift everyday habits. These approaches are practical and aim to change how people think and act in day-to-day life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, needs, and preferences and then try strategies that fit. This is a collaborative process where methods can be adjusted over time based on what helps most.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session options before booking so you know which formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people try skills in real time and bring recent situations into the conversation for immediate problem-solving. Licensed professionals use these methods to help clients translate in-session learning into everyday routines and habits that support steadier mood and clearer thinking.