- Anxiety and depression
- EMDR work
- Attachment focus
About Jacqueline
Jacqueline Rivers is a New Mexico licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 10 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing anxiety, depression, grief, relationship conflict, and challenges tied to illness and life change.
She uses a client-centered style that draws on systems thinking and attachment ideas. Sessions focus on practical tools, new perspectives, and skills people can use between meetings. Jacqueline emphasizes how relationships and early patterns shape current feelings.
Her background includes a Master of Science in Family and Child Science with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from New Mexico State University. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Family and Human Development from Arizona State University. Those studies inform how she looks at family dynamics and individual roles.
Jacqueline has supported people through trauma, loss, and stress for a decade. She has training in neurobiology, suicide prevention, and self-harm interventions, and she is EMDRIA trained in EMDR. That experience shapes how she approaches intense or painful memories.
In practical terms, sessions are conversational and goal-focused. Jacqueline helps people name what matters, try small changes, and track how those changes land in daily life. She also works with issues such as attachment wounds, abandonment concerns, body image, fertility and caregiver stress, and guilt and shame.
People can expect a therapist who listens for patterns across relationships and offers options to try. The work tends to combine attention to feelings, relationship history, and concrete strategies for coping and repair.
How Jacqueline uses therapy methods online
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past and current relationships shape feelings and behavior. It helps when patterns from earlier relationships repeat in close relationships and intimacy. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's experience and preferences. It focuses on listening, reflecting, and helping people clarify goals and choices. Jacqueline treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. She will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan based on what the client notices. Because the exact session formats are not specified in the biography, confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and remove travel time. Some people find video helpful for face-to-face interaction while others prefer audio for lower bandwidth or less need to be on camera. Jacqueline brings attachment and client-centered ideas to online sessions and helps clients test out strategies between meetings to see what works in daily life.Areas of expertise
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
New Mexico
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with anxiety, depression, grief, relationship conflict, trauma, and stress among other concerns including guilt and shame.
How would she approach shame or guilt issues?
Jacqueline uses a client-centered, attachment-informed approach and offers practical tools and perspective to address feelings of guilt and shame.
What is her clinical background and experience?
She has 10 years of experience and training in neurobiology, trauma, suicide prevention, and self-harm interventions, and is EMDRIA trained in EMDR.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a New Mexico LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist) and practices in New Mexico.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How are sessions priced and billed?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to begin working with her?
Select 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.