About Jacqueline
Jacqueline Hayes is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 16 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She also supports people dealing with parenting challenges, addiction concerns, ADHD, and issues around intimacy and grief. Her tone is respectful and compassionate, and she focuses on practical steps you can use right away.
Jacqueline listens first to understand what matters most to each person. She tailors conversations and plans to the situation at hand instead of using a one-size-fits-all approach.
How Jacqueline works
Sessions center on clear goals and small, manageable changes that add up over time. Her work often addresses patterns that make daily life harder, such as trouble with communication, feelings of isolation, or cycles of impulsivity and guilt. She helps people untangle relationship dynamics, navigate divorce or separation, and cope with caregiver stress and midlife transitions.
Financial worries and questions about life purpose are also common topics she addresses. Jacqueline draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts methods to fit each person's needs and preferences. She treats people with sensitivity and avoids judgment while encouraging practical problem solving.
The focus is on building skills people can use between sessions to feel more steady and capable. Clients connect with her through a variety of online formats and work together to track progress and adjust the plan as needed. She emphasizes collaboration so goals stay realistic and achievable.
What Jacqueline works with
The areas below are the ones Jacqueline selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Practical evidence-based approaches for online care
Jacqueline uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques chosen to match each person's needs. One common approach focuses on helping people identify unhelpful patterns of thought and behavior, then practice small changes that reduce anxiety and lift mood. This approach works well for stress, depression, and worry about day-to-day life.Another frequent focus is on improving communication and relational patterns. That work looks at how people respond in close relationships, builds clearer ways to express needs, and practices skills that reduce conflict and build connection. It often helps with intimacy issues, family conflict, and challenges around parenting or separation.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist learns about your goals, preferences, and what has or has not worked before, then recommends methods to try. Plans are adjusted over time based on what feels helpful and what produces progress.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for fuller conversation and visual cues, phone sessions are convenient when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between meetings.
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