Jacqueline Lacy-Diggins, LPC

Jacqueline Lacy-Diggins is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 27 years of experience supporting individuals through complex emotional challenges. She focuses on helping people build self-compassion, navigate major life transitions, and recover from past difficulties while addressing issues such as depression, anxiety, trauma, and workplace stress.

Her practice serves clients across a range of life stages, from young adults to those facing midlife transitions, with an emphasis on improving communication, easing social anxiety, and rediscovering personal purpose. Jacqueline has a particular dedication to working with women through relationship struggles, self-esteem concerns, and periods of personal growth.

Using an evidence-informed, empathetic approach, she creates a collaborative space where clients can examine difficult feelings, process painful experiences, and develop practical coping strategies. Jacqueline integrates multiple therapeutic methods to tailor care to each person’s goals, helping individuals move through guilt, shame, and major life changes with dignity and resilience.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Jacqueline draws from several practical approaches to guide online work. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathic listening and collaboration so that the client’s own values and goals shape the pace and direction of change - this approach is helpful for building self-esteem and clarifying life purpose.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and patterns and developing concrete strategies to manage symptoms like anxiety and depression. It is often used to reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning.

Trauma-Focused Therapy helps people process past traumatic experiences in a safe, paced way and develop coping skills for intrusive memories, emotional overwhelm, and related difficulties. It is suited to those working to heal from abuse or other traumatic events.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Jacqueline works with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts interventions as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats allow clients and licensed professionals to connect from different locations, accommodate busy schedules, and maintain continuity of care when in-person visits are not possible.