Jacqueline Shannon, LMFT - Therapist in Oregon

About Jacqueline

Jacqueline Shannon is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who uses practical, relationship-focused therapy to help families and parents facing difficult situations. She focuses on clear, down-to-earth conversations that address stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, parenting challenges, addiction, and grief. Jacqueline keeps sessions straightforward and aimed at real change that fits daily life.

She brings ten years of clinical experience and a long history of community mental health work. Early in her career she helped start a grassroots organization and later supported people in programs for mood, anxiety, and addictive disorders.

Background and approach

In recent years she spent significant time in leadership roles, training clinicians and refining clinical skills. Her approach blends acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based work, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral tools, and emotionally-focused techniques. Jacqueline uses plain language, present-moment awareness, and practical exercises alongside talk therapy.

She aims to build trust with empathy, candid questions, and occasional grounded humor. Sessions are collaborative: she helps parents and family members identify what matters, notice patterns, and try small changes that make daily life easier. Jacqueline also addresses caregiving stress, codependency, communication problems, life transitions, and intimacy-related concerns.

She offers in-language care in English and practices in Oregon. For those wanting to begin, therapy follows a matching and scheduling process through the site. Jacqueline emphasizes realistic goals, steady progress, and tools clients can use at home between sessions.

Therapeutic approaches for online family and parenting support

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values; it can help parents stay focused on what matters when stress rises. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how family patterns and early bonds shape current relationships and helps people change interaction habits to feel closer and safer with one another.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Jacqueline will collaborate with each person or family to decide which methods fit their goals and comfort level. She will explain options, try techniques together, and adjust the plan based on what helps most.

Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make scheduling easier for busy families. These formats allow ongoing support between sessions and flexible ways to follow up on tools and homework. The range of options helps parents and family members maintain continuity of care even when life is hectic.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does Jacqueline address?

She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family problems, parenting challenges, addictions, grief, self-esteem, and intimacy-related issues.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth, combining acceptance, attachment, client-centered listening, CBT, and emotionally focused methods to make practical changes.

What is her professional background?

She has ten years of clinical experience and a long history in community mental health, including leadership and clinician training roles.

What credentials and region should I know about?

She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, listed as OR LMFT T1773, and she practices in Oregon.

In which language are sessions conducted?

Sessions are offered in English.

What formats are available for appointments?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to support different needs and schedules.

How are fees and payments handled?

Costs vary 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 according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
LGBT
Relationship issues

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Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 10 years
Licensed: Oregon
Languages: English

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