Jacqueline Witsberger, LPCC

Jacqueline Witsberger is an Ohio licensed professional clinical counselor with 34 years of experience. She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, grief, and parenting concerns. She also supports those facing relationship problems, career changes, ADHD, and the fallout of trauma or abuse.

Jacqueline uses clear, practical methods in sessions. She draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to help clients notice patterns, test new behaviors, and manage strong emotions. She also incorporates attachment-based ideas and mindfulness to strengthen relationships with self and others.

Sessions focus on real-world skills and small, achievable steps. Jacqueline helps clients set goals, practice coping tools, and track progress between meetings. Conversations are direct but warm, aimed at building confidence and clearer decision-making.

Her background includes many years working with people facing complex life challenges such as chronic illness, caregiver stress, adoption and foster-care issues, and problems with trust or abandonment. That experience informs a steady, practical approach that balances skill-building with emotional understanding.

Jacqueline welcomes people who want active support for change. She helps clients weigh options, try new strategies, and find what works for them. The aim is to reduce distress and help people move toward a more manageable, hopeful day-to-day life.

Approaches that translate well to online work

Jacqueline often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT is practical and goal oriented, which makes it easy to use in video or phone sessions to plan actions and review results.

She also brings elements of attachment-based work into sessions to address patterns in relationships and emotional connection. This approach helps people understand where relational reactions come from and practice new ways of relating in everyday life.

Dialectical behavior therapy skills are another tool she uses for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. DBT offers concrete skills for tolerating distress and communicating more clearly, which can be practiced between online meetings.

Finding the right mix of approaches is collaborative. Jacqueline will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and preferences, then decide together which methods to try. She adjusts plans as people report what helps and what does not, so therapy remains focused on real progress.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people work face to face when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be a quicker check-in or an option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging support short updates, skill coaching, and ongoing encouragement between sessions, making it easier to fit care into a busy week.