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Jacklyn Chinnery

Jacklyn Chinnery, LPC

Georgia

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LPC in Georgia - anxiety and parenting support

  • Stress and anxiety
  • Parenting challenges
  • Guilt and shame

About Jacklyn

Jacklyn Chinnery is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) in Georgia with seven years of direct therapeutic experience. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes, including issues around guilt and shame.

She uses practical techniques rather than jargon. Sessions focus on skills people can use between meetings. That can mean working on communication, managing strong emotions, or building routines that reduce overwhelm.

Her background includes broader behavioral health work in administration, human resources, and skill-building roles. That experience shaped a focus on how daily systems and relationships affect mental health. She has worked with children, adolescents, and adults over the past seven years and understands different developmental stages.

In sessions she often draws on cognitive-behavioral ideas, motivational interviewing elements, mindfulness practices, and solution-focused strategies to address problems like anxiety, depression, anger, and substance use. She helps people identify patterns, try alternative responses, and practice new skills in small steps.

Jacklyn pays attention to communication and conflict patterns, which can be useful for blended family issues, family-of-origin concerns, and forgiveness work. She also supports people coping with trauma, post-traumatic stress, panic, addiction, isolation, and life purpose questions.

Her work emphasizes clear goals and concrete tools. People typically leave sessions with simple steps to try between meetings and a plan for moving forward.

How evidence-based techniques translate to online work

Jacklyn commonly uses cognitive-behavioral ideas and motivational interviewing elements. Cognitive-behavioral approaches focus on identifying thought and behavior patterns, then trying small experiments to see what changes reduce distress. That can help with anxiety, panic, and low mood. Motivational interviewing elements help people clarify values and build motivation to change behaviors like substance use or avoiding difficult conversations.

She also draws on mindfulness practices and solution-focused strategies. Mindfulness practices teach short attention exercises to reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation. Solution-focused techniques concentrate on concrete steps and small wins to move past a stuck point. Deciding which mix to use happens together, based on the person's goals and what feels most useful in session.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the session formats offered before booking. The therapist will explain practical options and help pick what fits a person’s schedule, goals, and comfort with technology. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. The collaborative process includes testing approaches and adjusting the plan so coping strategies fit into everyday life.

Areas of expertise

Additional focus areas

Blended family issuesCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Domestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMoney and financial issuesPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Experience

7+ years

Listed in

Georgia

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. Additional areas include guilt and shame, addiction, trauma, and family issues.

How would she approach feelings of guilt or shame?

She uses practical techniques to identify unhelpful patterns and to try alternative responses. Work often includes skills practice, reflection on family of origin themes, and communication practice.

What is her professional background?

She has seven years providing therapeutic services and additional experience in behavioral health administration and human resources. That background informs a systems-aware approach.

What credential does she hold and where does she practice?

She is an LPC, Licensed Professional Counselor, practicing in Georgia.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the United States work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How are session costs handled?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What are the first steps to begin working together?

Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.

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