Jacqueline Lizarazo , LCSW

Jacqueline Lizarazo is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with five years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, low self-esteem, and depression. She uses a direct, compassionate style and centers each person’s own strengths when helping them move forward. Jacqueline emphasizes practical steps and honest conversation in sessions.

She draws on client-centered therapy to make space for each person’s story, and uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools to help change patterns that cause distress. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are woven into work when helpful to build awareness and momentum. Jacqueline focuses on real-life skills people can use between sessions.

Her background includes work with grief, abuse and trauma, and challenges around body image, addiction, and relationship struggles such as communication or commitment issues. She also supports people facing chronic illness, end-of-life concerns, adoption and foster care questions, and feelings tied to abandonment or codependency. Sessions commonly address guilt, shame, and forgiveness as part of healing.

Jacqueline aims for clear feedback and practical homework to support progress. She is straightforward about pushing for growth while remaining nonjudgmental and caring. People can expect a mix of check-in conversations and deeper work that reviews past experiences to change present patterns.

She practices in Illinois and offers services in English. Jacqueline accepts international clients and works through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How Jacqueline’s Approaches Work Online

Client-centered therapy starts by listening to the person's story and shaping sessions around their values and goals. It helps people feel heard and guides decisions about what to work on next.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that maintain distress and replacing them with more helpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and difficulties with motivation and self-esteem.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress in healthier ways. It often supports people dealing with trauma responses, self-directed anger, or chronic emotional ups and downs.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the collaborative process. Jacqueline works together with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video lets people use body language and visual cues, phone calls can fit shorter breaks or low-bandwidth situations, and messaging supports quick check-ins or ongoing written work between meetings. These options make it easier to schedule regular sessions and to continue work when life is busy.