Jacqueline Tasca, LCSW

Jacqueline Tasca is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing anxiety, depression, grief, stress, relationship strain, and life changes. She brings two decades of social work experience and a calm, listening presence to each session. Jacqueline works with concerns such as addiction, trauma and abuse, sleep and eating difficulties, parenting strain, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.

She trained at Adelphi University and spent many years in both direct counseling and leadership roles in social work. Those years gave her a wide view of community needs and clinical challenges. Jacqueline moved away from management to return to more face-to-face time with clients because she prefers direct counseling work.

Her style is warm, nonjudgmental, and focused on listening first. She emphasizes building trust and understanding before moving into strategies. Jacqueline often uses solution-focused steps and cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to tackle specific problems and teach practical skills.

Sessions commonly include exploring thoughts and behavior patterns, trying small experiments between meetings, and learning tools for managing emotions. She also draws on dialectical behavior skills and mindfulness practices when they fit a person’s goals. Her aim is to help people find clearer ways to cope and to move forward with more confidence.

Jacqueline practices in New York and conducts sessions in English. She brings practical experience with caregiving stress, chronic illness, bereavement, blended family issues, and divorce and separation, and she tailors approaches to each person's situation.

Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life

Jacqueline commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered methods in her work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression. Client-centered work emphasizes being heard and understood first, which helps people feel safer trying new ways of coping.

She also brings elements of dialectical behavior therapy when emotion regulation or intense distress is a concern. DBT skills teach practical tools for tolerating distress, improving relationships, and managing strong emotions without making problems worse. Jacqueline views the choice of approach as something decided together, tailoring methods to goals, needs, and preferences rather than following one fixed plan.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let you work face-to-face from different locations. Phone sessions are good for shorter check-ins or times when video would be difficult. Live chat and text messaging can support quick check-ins between sessions or a way to reflect in writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or medical schedules while still using CBT, client-centered listening, and DBT skills in the work together.