Jacqueline Baker, LMHC
Compassionate counselor for emotional and behavioral change
Book with JacquelineWorks with
- Anger
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Jacqueline works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Jacqueline
Jacqueline Baker is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida with 20 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage anger, cope with substance use concerns, and handle relationship and trauma-related challenges. Jacqueline works in a calm, respectful way and aims to make conversations straightforward and useful.
She uses practical methods that match what each person needs. Sessions are shaped around clear goals like managing stress, improving communication, or reducing impulsive reactions.
Background and approach
Jacqueline helps people build simple skills they can use between sessions. Her background includes long-term clinical work with people facing depression, anxiety, and bipolar mood concerns. She also has experience supporting people through grief, identity matters such as LGBT and gender dysphoria issues, and complex family-of-origin patterns.
This variety informs a flexible approach to care. Jacqueline often draws on client-centered listening so people feel heard and understood. She pairs that with cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and with dialectical behavior strategies to manage intense emotions.
Mindfulness practices are introduced when helpful to reduce reactivity. Conversations are tailored to each person’s pace and priorities. Jacqueline encourages small, achievable steps and steady progress.
She frames therapy as a collaborative process focused on real-life changes and clearer coping tools.
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.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Multicultural concerns
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
Approaches Jacqueline lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Jacqueline’s approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s experience. The therapist follows the client’s lead, reflects what she hears, and helps people clarify their goals and priorities. This approach is useful when someone needs a steady, supportive space to talk.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, behaviors, and feelings interact. Jacqueline uses CBT to help people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try concrete behavior changes that reduce anger, anxiety, or depressive symptoms. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, adds specific skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness when emotions run high.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Jacqueline will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs and goals. She checks in about what’s working and adjusts plans together as progress is made.
Online sessions are available by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video is good for a more traditional session feel, phone fits when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can support brief check-ins or skills practice. These options help people fit therapy into busy days and maintain momentum between visits.
Questions people ask about Jacqueline
What concerns does Jacqueline address?
She helps people with anger, addictions, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety, bipolar mood concerns, self-esteem, stress, grief, and ADHD among other issues.
What is her approach in sessions?
Jacqueline combines client-centered listening with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. She aims to make sessions focused and skills-oriented.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 20 years of professional work experience in mental health, including work with substance use, trauma, mood disorders, and relationship concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a licensed mental health counselor, FL LMHC, and practices from Florida.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats does she use?
Jacqueline meets via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
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?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.