LPC • LCADC • Certified Health Coach
Therapy for those living with chronic pain, anxiety, and depression
Centrally based in Wall Township, Monmouth County and serving all of NJ
Uncover your body’s innate wisdom, strength, and ability to heal.
Discover how therapy integrated with scientific mindbody techniques can significantly reduce or eliminate chronic pain and chronic physical and mental health conditions.
Hi there, I’m Jacqueline
You are so welcome here. I see you. I know the weight you’re carrying, the uncertainty, the pain of trying to find your way through life’s unpredictable twists and turns. When hopelessness washes over you, it can feel like you’re lost at sea, searching for solid ground. And doing it alone only deepens the pain.
We are wired for connection, for the healing power of being seen, heard, and held with kindness. And yet, I know that reaching out when you’re in a place of raw vulnerability can feel like the hardest thing in the world. I’ve been there too. It’s tempting to retreat, to hide away, to believe that no one could possibly understand.
You are not fragile. You are not broken. Give yourself permission to be human.
Take a breath. You are safe here. Let’s walk this path together.
Hi there, I’m Jacqueline
About
You are so welcome here.
I see you. I know the weight you’re carrying, the uncertainty, the pain of trying to find your way through life’s unpredictable twists and turns. When hopelessness washes over you, it can feel like you’re lost at sea, searching for solid ground. And doing it alone only deepens the pain.
We are wired for connection, for the healing power of being seen, heard, and held with kindness. And yet, I know that reaching out when you’re in a place of raw vulnerability can feel like the hardest thing in the world. I’ve been there too. It’s tempting to retreat, to hide away, to believe that no one could possibly understand.
You are not fragile. You are not broken. Give yourself permission to be human.
Take a breath. You are safe here. Let’s walk this path together.
Individual Therapy
Individual therapy for adults and adolescents.
Chronic pain therapy, anxiety therapy, depression therapy, or a blend of it all.
Life is rarely just one thing. However your struggles intertwine, I’m here to help you make sense of it and find relief with compassion, warmth, and understanding.
I am here for all of you—your heart, your story, and your healing.
“Sometimes we feel things with our heart, and sometimes we feel things in our body—they are literally interchangeable.”
– Nicole Sachs
Your Pain is Real
Treating chronic pain, anxiety, and depression effectively involves an integrative approach.
Research shows us that treating chronic pain, anxiety, and depression can be treated in a way that honors both mind and body, brain and nervous system.
The mind and body are interconnected.
Emotional and psychological factors can create very real physical somatic symptoms.
There is a relationship between stress and symptoms.
Understanding this connection can open the door to true healing and symptom relief.
A new breakthrough in pain science is changing the way we treat chronic conditions.
By understanding TMS/PPD (Tension Myositis Syndrome/ Psychophysiologic Disorders) and neuroplastic symptoms, we’re shifting the way we view and treat chronic physical and mental health conditions.
There is hope.
Neuroscience shows us that relief is possible, not just managing symptoms, but unlearning them.
THE RELATIONSHIP TO STRESS AND BRAIN-GENERATED PAIN
Neuroplastic Symptoms
TMS/PPD (Tension Myostis Syndrome/Psychophysiologic Disorders)
TMS/PPD are syndromes that result from the system being in a state of dysregulation. This happens when the system has been affected by chronic stress, hidden stress, psychological stressors, repressed emotions, trauma, and adverse experiences. The mind and body are interconnected, and these psychological factors can cause very real and painful physiological symptoms.
Treating chronic pain effectively involves an integrative approach
This involves working with the body, brain, and nervous system to support the system in shifting to a place of health, resilience, and regulation. These groundbreaking neuroplastic treatment approaches aren’t just for chronic pain and chronic health conditions. It is an integrative treatment approach that treats mental health conditions of TMS/PPD, such as anxiety and depression, by getting to the root of these conditions using a nondualistic treatment approach.
Changing Your Mind: Chronic Pain and The Brain
New to this work? Discover how the brain’s ability to change is helping people find relief, freedom, and hope through groundbreaking treatment approaches that harness the power of neuroplasticity.
Scientific Neuroplastic Treatment/Nervous System Healing
“The brain learns pain, anxiety, and depression—and just as it learns them, it can also unlearn them.”
– Dr. Howard Schubiner
Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT)
Your Brain Can Unlearn Pain.
Acute pain and chronic pain activate different brain regions. Chronic pain affects brain regions involved in learning, memory, and emotions, which can change how pain is experienced over time. Your brain can learn pain and it can also unlearn pain.
Pain is a danger signal.
Danger signals keep your brain on high alert. PRT helps to shift your brain and nervous system into safety.
PRT relieves pain rather than manages pain.
PRT relieves pain by teaching your brain to turn down the volume on pain, reducing or eliminating symptoms.
Emotional Awareness & Expression Therapy (EAET)
Emotions are Data
Sometimes our emotional experiences can feel too heavy. Sometimes pushing them down feels safer. Sometimes our body takes hold of them so we don’t even feel them.
Your Body Remembers
They don’t just disappear. Over time this emotional buildup can affect both the mind and body. They can show up as tension, pain, and even dis-ease.
Healthy Emotional Release
EAET helps you safely access, experience, and release stuck emotions so you feel lighter, more at ease, and relieve stress-induced symptoms.
Nervous System Healing: Polyvagal-Informed Therapy
We are wired for survival.
Survival states show up as fight, flight, and freeze. Your body is always trying to protect you. But sometimes it gets stuck in survival mode.
We are also wired for connection.
Learning how to shift back to safety creates a flexible and regulated nervous system where we can thrive and show up in the world as our authentic selves.
Healing starts with feeling safe.
It’s like learning a new language and this knowledge creates more safety. When we know how to engage and honor our nervous system, symptoms such as pain, anxiety, and depression start to shift.
Therapy That Fits Your Life
If you’re local to Monmouth and Ocean County, in-person sessions are available in a comfortable and calming space in Manasquan, NJ.
If you prefer at-home comfort and flexible support, I offer HIPAA-secure telehealth sessions (online video call sessions) for anyone that resides in New Jersey.
No matter where you are located in NJ, we can meet in a way that works best for you.
“When we give ourselves compassion, we are opening our hearts in a way that can transform our lives.”
– Kristin Neff
In this moment, you are stronger and more resilient than you think you are. Every intentional breath, every act of self-kindness, every small step forward—it all matters.
Be gentle with yourself. You are not meant to carry everything alone. It’s okay to ask for help, and I’m so glad you’re here.