Jacqueline Shannon , LMFT

Jacqueline Shannon is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counsellor III who brings a compassionate, pragmatic approach to helping people navigate relationship challenges, stress, anxiety, addiction, and life transitions. With ten years of clinical experience in Oregon, she combines formal training with years of hands-on work supporting adults, teens, couples, and families through mood and addictive disorders.

Her style draws on humanistic and existential perspectives while using experiential methods that invite present-moment awareness. Jacqueline blends talk therapy with mindful, in-the-room exploration to help clients uncover new insights and practical coping skills. She emphasizes trust, empathy, straightforward inquiry, and approachable humor to create a space where difficult emotions can be examined and growth is possible. In addition to direct clinical work, she has spent several years in leadership roles guiding and training clinicians as they develop their skills.

Jacqueline specializes in working with transitional-age youth, adults, couples, and families and addresses concerns such as relationship and intimacy issues, grief, caregiving stress, codependency, addiction, parenting challenges, and questions of life purpose. She welcomes people of all sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, races, religions, abilities, ethnicities, and socioeconomic backgrounds, offering an inclusive, nonjudgmental therapeutic presence.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Jacqueline integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and client-centered methods to guide online clients toward meaningful change. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify personal values and build psychological flexibility by learning to accept difficult thoughts and take committed action toward goals. Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns that developed in close relationships and helps clients understand how those patterns affect current connections and emotional safety. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathic listening and collaboration so the person feels heard and supported while discovering their own solutions.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Jacqueline works with each person to identify which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting techniques as therapy progresses. This partnership helps tailor sessions to what matters most to the client.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can be scheduled around work, family, and caregiving demands. Video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging allow people to access care from home or other convenient locations, making it easier to maintain consistency and integrate therapeutic work into daily life while working with licensed professionals and therapists who support the client’s process.