Jacqueline Shannon, LMFT

Jacqueline Shannon is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who focuses on helping individuals, couples, families, and transitional-age youth navigate stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, relationship challenges, and life transitions. She combines grounded humanistic care with practical therapeutic tools to support people facing grief, parenting pressures, career shifts, and questions of identity and intimacy. Jacqueline draws on her clinical background to offer collaborative, down-to-earth therapy that balances empathy with direct inquiry and occasional humor.

Her training includes work in addiction services, reflected in a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counsellor III credential, which denotes specialized skills in treating substance-related concerns. As an LMFT she is trained to work with relationship systems as well as individual emotional health. Early in her career she helped launch a grassroots organization in 2004 and spent substantial time in community mental health settings, developing hands-on experience with mood, anxiety, and addictive disorders.

In recent years Jacqueline has combined clinical practice with leadership and mentorship, guiding others as they develop clinical skills while returning to direct therapy by choice. Her approach blends experiential methods, present-moment awareness, and client-centered listening to create a space where people can build insight, motivation, and practical coping. She welcomes people of all races, religions, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, abilities, ethnicities, and socioeconomic backgrounds without judgment.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Connection and Growth

Jacqueline uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without becoming overwhelmed by them, then clarify personal values and take committed steps toward meaningful change. This approach can be useful for anxiety, stress, and motivating behavior change.

Attachment-Based Therapy is another core approach, focused on how early relationship patterns shape current bonds. By exploring attachment needs and interaction styles, this work supports improvements in intimacy, communication, and family dynamics.

Jacqueline also integrates Client-Centered Therapy, offering a warm, nonjudgmental stance that prioritizes the client’s perspective and fosters self-exploration. This approach helps people build self-understanding, self-esteem, and emotional resilience.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Jacqueline will work with each person to identify goals, preferences, and practical needs, and adjust methods over time so therapy fits the client rather than forcing a single model.

Online therapy with Jacqueline is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to access consistent support from a licensed professional from home, work, or wherever the client is most comfortable, while retaining the relational focus of in-person care.