About Jacqueline
Jacqueline Switzer is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York. She has spent eight years as a practicing therapist and many more years in related mental health roles. Her background includes case management, running a homeless shelter, crisis intervention, and work with correctional settings.
These early roles shaped how she supports people now. Jacqueline draws on a trauma-informed, solution-focused approach. She blends psychoeducation and mindfulness into sessions to help people manage stress and anxiety.
Background and approach
She talks through practical steps and coping tools rather than relying on jargon. People come to her for help with anxiety, stress, depression, grief, trauma and bipolar mood concerns. She also works with issues such as chronic illness, codependency, loneliness, life purpose, and end-of-life matters.
Her experience includes first responder issues and domestic violence contexts. Her style is direct and compassionate. She aims to be an advocate who listens and helps people set small, achievable goals.
Sessions focus on what people can do between appointments to feel steadier and more in control. Jacqueline offers sessions in English and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. She practices in New York and holds a New York LMHC credential.
To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on availability.
Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care
Jacqueline uses a trauma-informed approach to recognize how stressful events affect daily life and relationships. That work focuses on building safety, pacing difficult topics, and learning practical skills to reduce overwhelm.She also uses a solution-focused stance that helps people set clear, short-term goals and try small changes between sessions. This method is useful for coping with anxiety, managing mood swings, and handling immediate stressors.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Jacqueline will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences, and together they decide which methods to try. Plans are revisited and adjusted as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, chat can be a brief check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other routines.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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