Jacquelyn (Jackie) Burns, LPCC

Jacquelyn (Jackie) Burns is an LPCC (Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor) practicing in Ohio with 17 years of clinical experience. She combines skilled clinical training with a respectful, human-centered approach that honors each person as the expert on their own life. Jacquelyn believes people have the capacity to learn from their experience and discover solutions within themselves, and she uses that conviction to shape individualized treatment plans tailored to each client’s goals and concerns.

Her therapeutic style emphasizes a nurturing, listening presence that invites honest expression and authentic exploration. She approaches clients without judgment and with a consistent respect for human dignity, guiding work that aims to restore balance across emotional, relational, and spiritual areas of life. Jacquelyn creates space for clients to explore identity, values, and purpose while addressing symptoms and patterns that interfere with well-being.

She works with a wide range of concerns including relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem and identity struggles, career and stress, anxiety and depression, addictions, LGBT issues, family and intimacy-related challenges, eating and parenting issues, anger, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include abandonment and attachment issues, caregiver stress, codependency and commitment concerns, control and dependent personality dynamics, forgiveness, guilt and shame, questions of life purpose, personality disorders, post-traumatic stress, prejudice and discrimination, social anxiety, and women’s issues.

Jacquelyn aims to collaborate with clients to create practical, meaningful change. She draws from multiple therapeutic traditions to meet each person where they are and to support long-term growth, resilience, and renewed sense of balance.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Jacquelyn (Jackie) Burns uses client-centered therapy to create a supportive, empathic space where the client’s own goals and wisdom guide the work. This approach helps people build self-understanding, confidence, and practical strategies for everyday challenges.

She also integrates Jungian therapy, paying attention to themes, symbols, and deeper personal meaning that can surface in dreams and life narratives. This work can help clients explore identity, purpose, and inner resources that inform long-term change.

Narrative therapy is another tool in her practice, which treats problems as separate from the person and encourages rewriting unhelpful stories to open new possibilities. It is useful for shifting perspectives on issues like relationships, self-esteem, and persistent patterns.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Jacquelyn works with each client to identify what methods feel most helpful based on needs, goals, and personal preferences, and she adapts the plan as the work evolves with regular input from the client and licensed professionals involved in care.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility for busy lives. Video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging allow clients to access consistent support without geographic barriers. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, and daily routines while maintaining continuity of care with a trusted therapist.