- Client-centered care
- Mindfulness practice
- Practical coping skills
About Jacqueline
Jacqueline Oshiver is a licensed clinician who uses a client-centered approach to guide therapy. She brings 40 years of experience as an LMFT and LCSW and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, depression, and addiction-related concerns. Her work also addresses codependency, parenting strain, ADHD, and intimacy-related issues.
Jacqueline creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through painful experiences. She pays attention to both emotional and bodily responses, and she combines practical skills with reflective conversation. Sessions often include mindfulness practice, imagery work, and clear cognitive strategies to help with daily life.
Her background includes long experience in clinical work and university teaching. That history shapes a steady, experienced presence in sessions and a practical focus on what helps between meetings. She draws on psychodynamic ideas to understand patterns that repeat across relationships and on motivational interviewing to support change.
Jacqueline frames therapy as a collaborative process. She helps people sort priorities, set small goals, and build routines that reduce overwhelm. Whether someone faces grief, addiction, career strain, or upheaval from life changes, she aims to restore a sense of balance and forward movement.
Working from New Jersey, she offers therapy in English. People who want to begin are asked to use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and creating a respectful, accepting relationship; online sessions use this same stance so the client feels heard and guided toward their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) concentrates on practical tools for thoughts and behaviors, such as tracking patterns, practicing new responses, and setting small achievable goals that can be done between sessions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people notice and shift interactional patterns in relationships by naming emotions and practicing new ways of connecting.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. Treatment plans can evolve over time as priorities and circumstances change.
Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - it can reduce travel time, allow for shorter check-ins around work breaks, and let people practice skills in their everyday routines. Licensed professionals can use a mix of conversation, guided exercises, and homework assignments online to support steady progress.
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Experience
40+ years
Credentials
New Jersey, New Jersey, Maine, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship trouble, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and addictions, as well as issues like codependency, parenting strain, ADHD, and intimacy-related concerns.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is client-centered and collaborative, blending mindfulness, cognitive-behavioral strategies, psychodynamic reflection, and motivational interviewing to match each person's needs.
How much experience does this therapist have?
She brings 40 years of clinical experience, including university teaching and post-graduate training that inform her therapeutic work.
What credentials and region are listed for this clinician?
She holds the credential LMFT and the credential LCSW, and she practices in New Jersey.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients supported?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are fees and payment structured?
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 this therapist?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.