Jacquelyn "Jackie" Taylor-Mays, LCSW
Compassionate guidance grounded in your story
Details
| Name | Jacquelyn "Jackie" Taylor-Mays |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LCSW |
| Based in | Tennessee |
| Licensed in | Tennessee |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 20 |
About Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn "Jackie" Taylor-Mays is a licensed clinical social worker in Tennessee with 20 years of experience. She focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and challenges with motivation and self-esteem. Jackie centers the person’s story and looks for strengths to build on.
She offers steady support as someone takes first steps toward change. Jackie uses listening and curiosity to understand what matters to each person. Sessions focus on practical steps and moments of reflection.
Background and approach
She helps people untangle relationship patterns, grief, anger, and intimacy concerns in everyday language. Her work draws on narrative ideas alongside attachment-based and client-centered approaches. That means she pays attention to personal stories, important relationships, and the person’s own goals.
She also blends cognitive-behavioral techniques when a client wants concrete tools for managing thoughts and behavior. People come to Jackie for help with parenting stress, career transitions, sleep and eating problems, and burnout. She also supports those coping with chronic illness, caregiver strain, and substance use concerns.
Her approach is steady and practical, aimed at clearer choices and small changes. In sessions she invites collaboration and curiosity. Jackie helps people reframe difficult experiences, try new behaviors, and notice progress.
Her style is warm, direct, and focused on what each person says they need.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, LGBT among the things Jacquelyn works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Jacquelyn among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Jacquelyn among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Jacquelyn among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Jacquelyn among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Jacquelyn among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Jacquelyn among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Jacquelyn among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Jacquelyn among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Jacquelyn directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Jacquelyn directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How this therapist blends narrative and relational work online
Jacqueline combines Narrative Therapy with Attachment-Based and Client-Centered approaches to help people tell different stories about their lives and relationships. Narrative Therapy focuses on separating the problem from the person so that clients can see options and rewrite limiting stories; it is helpful for self-esteem, identity, and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how close relationships shape feelings and reactions, which can help with intimacy issues, grief, and recurring relationship patterns. Client-Centered Therapy prioritizes the client’s goals and pace, offering a respectful, nonjudgmental space for exploring difficult decisions.Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. Jackie will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has helped in the past. Together they decide which approaches to try and adjust those choices as progress is made, keeping sessions collaborative and goal-focused.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and clearer nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can fit a commute or a short break when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, or when someone prefers typing to speaking. These options help make therapy fit into busy lives and different routines.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns can be addressed?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and self-esteem issues, and many related concerns like grief, parenting strain, sleep and eating problems.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and person-centered. She listens to each story, offers practical strategies, and helps clients try new ways of responding.
What background does she bring to sessions?
Jackie has 20 years of professional experience working with a range of concerns and life transitions. That experience informs a steady, pragmatic approach.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential - LCSW - and practices in Tennessee.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled for therapy?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
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