About Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnson, MD, LCPC offers a warm, person-centered approach to therapy. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, depression, and the fallout from trauma. Her style is straightforward and calm, aimed at making therapy feel doable for someone juggling a busy life.
She draws on client-centered work that keeps the person’s goals in view. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are used to spot unhelpful thoughts and try practical changes. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills help with emotion regulation and coping when feelings run high.
Background and approach
Jacquelyn has 11 years of experience in the field and practices in Maryland. She supports people dealing with addictions, grief, bipolar mood concerns, and major life transitions. She also works with those facing chronic illness, caregiving stress, and isolation.
Her approach pays attention to how shame, guilt, and discrimination can affect recovery. She aims to build a nonjudgmental space where people can practice new ways of thinking and relating. Work often includes communication skills, self-compassion, and practical behavior steps.
Sessions include a mix of talk, skill practice, and goal-setting. The pace is set by the person in therapy, with the therapist offering steady guidance and concrete tools. The overall goal is to reduce overwhelming symptoms and help people reconnect with what matters to them.
Approaches that translate to online support
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s needs and goals. It means the therapist listens closely, reflects back what is heard, and helps the person decide next steps. This approach suits people who want a respectful, collaborative space to sort through anxiety and life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses clear, practical exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes that reduce anxiety and low mood. CBT is often useful when someone wants tools to manage worry or depressive thinking.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, provides skills for coping with intense emotions and improving distress tolerance. It teaches specific practices for emotion regulation and better interpersonal effectiveness, which can help when feelings feel overwhelming.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk through goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust as needed. That collaborative stance helps shape a plan that fits the person’s needs, preferences, and pace.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to connect between sessions or when a quick check-in would help. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life while focusing on real progress.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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