About Jacqueline
Jacqueline Shannon is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Oregon. She brings ten years of clinical practice to work with adults facing stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship strain, and life transitions. Jacqueline blends practical talk with attention to the body to help people feel steadier and more able to act on what matters to them.
She uses Somatic approaches alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-focused work. That mix lets her address how emotions show up in the body, how values guide choices, and how early relationship patterns affect current connections.
Background and approach
Sessions are grounded and straightforward, with room for curiosity and honest conversation. Jacqueline has a background in community mental health and addiction services. She spent years supporting grassroots programs and later moved into leadership roles training other clinicians.
That history shapes a collaborative style that values clear listening and practical steps. In sessions she pairs present-moment awareness with conversational work. Clients might notice physical tension, practice small behavioral shifts, and use values-based goals to guide change.
She aims to help people reduce shame, manage cravings or compulsions, and repair or strengthen relationships. Her practice welcomes people across sexual orientations and gender identities. Jacqueline offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging.
New clients begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling based on therapist availability.
Therapeutic approaches in online sessions
Jacqueline often uses Somatic work to help people notice how stress and emotion show up in the body. This can include simple grounding practices and attention to bodily sensations to reduce overwhelm and improve emotional awareness. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on clarifying values and taking small actions consistent with those values even when feelings are difficult.Attachment-Based Therapy is part of her approach when relational patterns are in focus. That work looks at how early relationship dynamics influence current connections and helps people try new ways of relating that feel safer and more effective. These approaches aim to pair felt experience with clear, doable steps clients can practice between sessions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan over time based on what helps most. Clients and therapist work together to choose methods that fit personal preferences and life demands.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. That range offers flexibility for busy schedules, travel, or those who prefer messaging over live conversation. Online work can make it easier to stay consistent and practice new skills in everyday life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Addictions
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Oregon
- Languages
- English