Jacklyn Chinnery
Calm, practical support for parents
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed in
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Jacklyn
Jacklyn Chinnery is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia who focuses on parenting, stress, anxiety, self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. She has seven years providing therapy to children, adolescents, and adults. Her style is straightforward and practical, aimed at helping parents and caregivers find realistic steps they can use at home.
She works from a whole-person perspective, looking beyond symptoms to strengths and daily routines. Sessions often focus on building resilience, improving communication, and developing emotional regulation skills that make parenting easier.
Background and approach
Jacklyn emphasizes small, doable changes rather than sweeping fixes. Therapy may include tools from cognitive-behavioral techniques, motivational interviewing, mindfulness, and solution-focused methods. These approaches are used to address anxiety, depression, anger, substance use, and youth behavioral concerns like Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder.
She also supports issues related to blended family dynamics, family of origin concerns, and recovery from traumatic events. Jacklyn draws on prior work in behavioral health administration and human resources to shape organized, goal-oriented sessions. She focuses on helping clients improve communication, manage panic or trauma symptoms, and handle financial or life-role stressors.
Sessions are presented in clear language so busy parents can apply skills between meetings. Her practice offers a mix of session formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Jacklyn provides therapy in English and practices in Georgia as an LPC, license GA LPC LPC014274.
Therapeutic approaches and online options for parents
Jacklyn commonly uses cognitive-behavioral techniques and motivational interviewing in her work. Cognitive-behavioral techniques focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and improve mood. Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and is useful for substance use, parenting shifts, or building healthier routines.She also draws on mindfulness practices and solution-focused methods. Mindfulness teaches simple attention and breathing skills to manage panic and intense emotions. Solution-focused work narrows in on small, doable goals and practical steps parents can try between sessions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and day-to-day life. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier for parents to fit sessions around childcare, school, and work. They also allow continued care when travel or schedule changes occur, while keeping the focus on clear strategies and homework that can be applied at home.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Blended family issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
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