Jacqueline Oshiver, LMFT, LCSW
Calm, practical therapy for stress and relationships
Book with JacquelineWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
How Jacqueline works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT, LCSW
- Licensed in
- New Jersey, Maine, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania
- Years in practice
- 40
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Jacqueline
Jacqueline Oshiver is a licensed marriage and family therapist and a licensed clinical social worker practicing in New Jersey. She brings a client-centered approach to sessions and focuses on helping people manage stress, anger, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. With clear, calm guidance she aims to help people feel steadier and more able to handle daily challenges.
She uses practical methods such as cognitive behavioral ideas and mindfulness to help clients notice patterns and try new ways of responding.
Background and approach
Emotionally-focused work is part of her practice when relationship emotions are central. Motivational interviewing supports people dealing with addictions or wanting to make lasting life changes. Jacqueline has four decades of clinical experience and has also taught at the university level.
That background informs a straightforward style that blends life experience with clinical tools. She pays attention to how personal history and family patterns shape current problems. In sessions she aims for a respectful, non-judgmental tone.
Conversations can cover grief and loss, trauma, intimacy and communication problems, parenting stresses, career concerns, and the strain of caregiving. She helps people identify coping steps and realistic goals to improve daily functioning. Work with her typically involves collaborative planning, trying concrete strategies, and checking what helps.
Her goal is to restore a sense of balance and forward motion so clients can feel more capable in their lives.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Jacqueline lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- 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 Work Online
Jacqueline often blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness. Client-centered therapy means sessions are led by the client's goals and priorities, and the therapist listens closely to what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people notice thoughts and behaviors that feed stress or anger and then practice different responses. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus.Choosing a therapeutic approach is a shared process. Jacqueline will discuss options and try methods that match the person's needs and goals. Together the therapist and client check what feels helpful and adjust the plan over time so the work stays practical and relevant.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for fuller conversation and visual cues, phone can be a quicker check-in or work when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat suits shorter check-ins and flexible timing. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, or caregiving schedules while keeping a steady course of support.
Questions people ask about Jacqueline
What concerns does she help people with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, anger, career concerns, ADHD, and related family or caregiving stresses.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her work is client-centered and collaborative, combining practical cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and emotionally focused methods when emotions are central.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 40 years of clinical experience along with university teaching and postgraduate training that shape a practical, steady approach.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds LMFT and LCSW credentials and practices in New Jersey with licensing noted as NJ LMFT and NY LCSW.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
She meets with people via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexible options for care.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling sessions according to therapist availability.