About Jacqueline
Jacqueline Oshiver is a licensed therapist who uses a client-centered approach to guide people through stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, depression, and addictive behaviors. She brings a calm, steady presence and practical skills to sessions. Jacqueline practices in New Jersey and has four decades of experience in clinical work and teaching.
She focuses on helping people make sense of painful experiences so they can feel more at ease day to day.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize listening first, then building simple, achievable steps to cope better. Jacqueline blends talk-based work with mindfulness and imagery to help clients notice patterns and try different responses. Her methods include cognitive-behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thinking and Emotionally-Focused Therapy approaches to strengthen connection in relationships.
Motivational interviewing is used when people want to change habits or address substance concerns. These methods are offered in a collaborative way to match each person’s goals. Jacqueline holds licenses as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New Jersey and New York respectively.
She draws on many years of practice, post-graduate training, and university teaching to inform her work. Her clinical experience includes trauma, parenting stress, caregiver strain, and mood disorders. In sessions she pays attention to both practical steps and deeper life meanings.
The aim is to restore everyday functioning and help people move forward with more confidence. Conversations are paced to fit what each person needs in the moment.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered work focuses on listening and building the relationship first. Online sessions use that same plain conversation style to identify what matters most and to set clear, practical goals. This approach helps when people feel stuck or overwhelmed and need a steady space to talk.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, offers concrete tools to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. In remote sessions this can mean setting small experiments between meetings, tracking moods or thoughts on a phone, and reviewing what worked. CBT is often useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life transitions.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy concentrates on how emotions shape relationships and attachment. Online work can include guided conversations to name feelings, practice new ways of responding, and rehearse difficult talks. This helps with intimacy-related concerns and relationship stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with clients about goals and preferences, then try methods that fit their needs. That process is collaborative and can change over time as progress is made.
Online formats offer flexibility and different ways to stay connected. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a shorter break. Live chat or text messaging can work for quick check-ins, journaling between sessions, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around busy schedules.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey, Maine, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English