Jody McQueary

Jody McQueary is a counseling practicum student at Lifeologie Counseling Fort Worth who helps individuals, couples, and families who feel worn down by the pressure to keep it together. Many of the clients she works with appear capable on the outside but feel anxious, depleted, or disconnected underneath, often shaped by years of being the responsible one or a steady presence for others.

Jody is especially drawn to working with women who are untangling patterns of people-pleasing, over-functioning, and self-abandonment. She understands how burnout and anxiety often develop not from personal failure, but from long-standing expectations around worth, productivity, and self-sacrifice. Her work also makes room for grief—both acute loss and the quieter grief of unmet needs, lost identities, or versions of life that never fully materialized—helping clients examine what they’ve been carrying without turning that process into self-blame.

She also works with men who feel caught between expectations of strength and the reality of emotional fatigue or disconnection, offering a grounded, non-performative space to slow down, speak plainly, and explore what’s underneath the roles they’ve learned to inhabit.

At the heart of Jody’s work is a belief that many people don’t need to be pushed harder; they need permission to stop proving their worth and start listening to themselves.

Jody works with couples in pre-marital and marital counseling, supporting partners in slowing down reactive cycles and building more honest, workable communication. As a mother of two, she has a personal interest in supporting families of children with special needs, and understands the emotional fatigue and isolation that can accompany long-term caregiving and advocacy.

Her approach is person-centered and integrative, drawing from cognitive-behavioral and acceptance-based therapies while incorporating mindfulness, breathwork, body awareness, and creative expression when helpful (and because it’s fun). Jody brings prior experience in coaching and group facilitation, which informs her practical, values-oriented approach to therapy.

Jody loves vintage style, thrifting, and the hunt for storied objects. Her love of coffee shares space with sad songs, good books, and the occasional intentional wallow.