Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Jacqueline works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Jacqueline
Jacqueline Hayes is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with 16 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and relationship concerns. Jacqueline aims to create a respectful, compassionate space for people to begin making changes.
She works with individuals on parenting challenges and family strain, and on issues like low self-esteem, motivation, and addiction-related worries. Jacqueline also supports people navigating grief, intimacy-related concerns, career shifts, bipolar mood challenges, and ADHD-related struggles.
Background and approach
Her approach is goal-oriented and tailored to each person she meets. In sessions she listens closely, helps identify unhelpful patterns, and offers straightforward tools to try between meetings. Jacqueline often focuses on improving communication, managing strong emotions, and addressing control and impulsivity problems that come up in daily life.
She encourages small, doable steps rather than big leaps. Her work also covers deeper themes such as abandonment, attachment wounds, guilt and shame, forgiveness, and feelings of isolation. Jacqueline helps people clarify values and purpose during midlife changes or after separation and divorce.
She brings steady support while clients test new ways of coping. Jacqueline adapts her plans to the person in front of her and the situation they bring. She frames progress as a series of changes people can measure and build on.
People looking for a respectful, practical therapist in California often connect with her clear, action-focused style.
What Jacqueline works with
Everything Jacqueline lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Jacqueline's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- 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
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches that help online and in everyday life
Jacqueline uses evidence-based techniques that focus on real problems and real change. One common approach teaches skills for recognizing triggers and managing strong emotions; it helps people who struggle with anger, impulsivity, or intense anxiety by offering concrete ways to pause and respond differently. Another practical method focuses on improving communication and relationships by practicing clearer expression and active listening; this often helps with family conflict, parenting challenges, and intimacy-related worries.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Jacqueline will work with each person to figure out which techniques match their goals, needs, and comfort level, and she adapts plans as progress is made. She emphasizes testing small strategies and reviewing what helps.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit busy schedules and different preferences. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation for deeper dialogue, phone calls can be useful when bandwidth is limited, and short live chat or messaging check-ins work well for brief updates or quick support between sessions. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into everyday life.
Questions people ask about Jacqueline
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship and parenting concerns, addiction issues, grief, career changes, bipolar mood challenges, ADHD, and related life transitions.
How would you describe her therapy style?
She takes a respectful, down-to-earth approach that focuses on practical steps. Sessions emphasize listening, identifying patterns, and trying tools that fit daily life.
How much experience does she have?
She has 16 years of professional experience working with a range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, licensed in California.
What languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English, and she is available to work with international clients as well.
What session formats are available?
She meets with people using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.