Therapist profile
Jacquelyn "Jackie" Taylor-Mays, LCSW
Tennessee
LCSW - Anger and relationship work
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- CredentialsLCSW
- LicenseLCSW, Tennessee / 4976
- NPI1881605699
- Experience20 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationTennessee
About
- Stress and anxiety
- Addictions support
- Attachment focus
About Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn "Jackie" Taylor-Mays is an LCSW licensed in Tennessee with 20 years of professional experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship friction, self-esteem concerns, grief, parenting strains, anger, and other life challenges. Jackie frames clients as the experts on their own lives and offers steady clinical support while people work through what feels stuck.
Her background includes long-term clinical work with people managing mood concerns, substance issues, and major life transitions. She helps people who struggle with motivation, confidence, and the fallout from trauma or loss. Jackie often focuses on how relationships and attachment shape reactions like anger or anxiety.
In sessions she uses practical, interactive methods. Clients can expect a blend of approaches that look at thoughts and behaviors, emotional patterns, and relationship dynamics. Conversations are aimed at changing unhelpful habits and building clearer communication skills.
She draws from Attachment-Based work to examine relationship patterns and from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and shift thinking that fuels stress. Emotionally-Focused and client-centered ideas guide how feelings are discussed and processed. The Gottman Method informs work on communication and relationship interactions.
People come for short-term coaching-style work or longer therapeutic support. Jackie helps set goals, practices new skills in session, and checks progress along the way. To begin, she asks people to describe their current concerns and what they hope will be different.
How sessions work
How her approaches guide online sessions
Attachment-Based work looks at how early relationship patterns affect current reactions and closeness. It helps people who notice repeated trust or distance cycles in relationships by naming those patterns and practicing different responses. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It helps with anger, anxiety, and mood by teaching skills to notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on the experience of feelings in the moment and how emotion shapes connection; it can be useful when anger or distance shows up in close relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jackie will collaborate with the client to decide which methods fit their goals, preferences, and what they want to change. That selection can shift over time as progress and new needs become clearer.
Confirm current online session options before booking since formats are not listed in the profile. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins, or remove commute time. They also let people work from a quieter place, switch to an audio-only meeting when video is not ideal, or schedule sessions around work and family demands.
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Tennessee
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, self-esteem, grief, parenting strains, anger, and related concerns listed in her profile.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style blends client-centered listening with practical methods aimed at changing thoughts, behaviors, and relationship patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years of professional experience working in clinical settings and with individual clients.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCSW licensed in Tennessee and practices with that credential in that state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session format options before booking, as the profile does not specify which formats are offered.
How does payment work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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