About Jacqueline
Jacqueline Witsberger is an Ohio-based counselor with 34 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, bipolar disorder, and addiction concerns. She supports individuals dealing with low self-esteem, relationship strain, grief, parenting stress, ADHD, and career or life transitions. Jacqueline aims to make the first step less daunting and to help people find more balance and satisfaction in daily life.
Jacqueline uses practical tools from cognitive behavioral approaches to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and change behaviors that get in the way of feeling better.
Background and approach
She also draws on dialectical behavior techniques to teach coping skills for strong emotions and relationship challenges. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are woven into sessions to build awareness and strengthen motivation for change. Her work style is collaborative and direct.
Sessions focus on clear goals, short-term strategies, and skills people can use between appointments. Jacqueline encourages honest conversation about what is working and what needs to shift so treatment stays relevant to each person’s life. Clients can expect straightforward explanations and exercises that fit daily routines.
Jacqueline emphasizes practical steps and steady progress over time. She aims to create a nonjudgmental space where people can talk through worries and try new ways of responding. With many years in the field, Jacqueline brings wide experience across common and complex concerns.
She holds the LPCC credential and practices in Ohio, working with adults who want tools to manage emotions, build coping skills, and move toward clearer goals.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Jacqueline commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people spot and change thought patterns that contribute to anxiety, depression, or unhelpful behavior. This approach focuses on practical steps and experiments that can be tried between sessions to see what helps.She also incorporates dialectical behavior therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better ways of handling interpersonal conflicts. These skills are useful for strong moods, impulsive reactions, or relationship strain.
Choosing the right approach is a joint process. Jacqueline will work with each person to identify problems, set goals, and try methods that fit their needs and preferences. Treatment can be adjusted over time based on what proves helpful.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face discussion and skills practice, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging works for quick check-ins or ongoing support between appointments. These formats make scheduling easier and help people fit sessions into busy days.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 34 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English