Jacqueline Childress, LPC

Jacqueline Childress is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia with 20 years of experience. She focuses on trauma and abuse along with concerns like depression, anxiety, self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, and stress. Jacqueline emphasizes a strengths-based view and believes people know their story best. She offers steady support as clients take steps toward change.

Her style centers on listening first and helping people build on what already works in their lives. She talks with clients about practical steps they can try between sessions. Jacqueline encourages small, manageable goals to help reduce overwhelm and see progress over time.

Over two decades she has worked with many kinds of challenges, including grief, parenting strain, career concerns, mood disorders, ADHD, and issues related to adoption and attachment. She also addresses sexual assault and abuse, sexuality, and relationship struggles. Her background includes work with multicultural issues and people facing prejudice and discrimination.

Jacqueline aims to create a space where clients feel respected and understood. She supports people who want help coping with life changes, managing anger, or finding clearer direction and purpose. Her approach is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.

To begin, she asks people to reflect on their strengths and what matters most to them. From there she helps craft straightforward steps toward more satisfying day-to-day life.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Jacqueline uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and personal strengths. One common approach helps people process traumatic experiences by breaking difficult memories into manageable pieces and building coping skills to reduce overwhelm. This type of work often helps with trauma, sexual assault, and abuse-related symptoms.

Another approach emphasizes building self-esteem and addressing relationship patterns through clear goal-setting and skill practice. Sessions look at day-to-day habits, communication, and small behavior changes that can improve confidence and intimacy-related concerns.

Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. Jacqueline will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session formats available before booking since the biography does not list them. Online options can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow quick check-ins during a break at work or between other commitments. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and homework for remote sessions so work continues between meetings.