Therapist profile
Jacqueline Mcintosh, LMHC
Florida
Florida LMHC - Anxiety and Addictions
Continue with JacquelineWhere Jacqueline stands
- Credentials
- LMHC
- License
- LMHC, Florida / MH24666
- NPI
- 1740668219
- Experience
- 10 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Florida
About
- Codependency support
- ACT and CBT methods
- Trauma informed care
About Jacqueline
Jacqueline Mcintosh is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Florida with 10 years of clinical experience. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, anger, and depression. Jacqueline also focuses on codependency, communication problems, drug and alcohol addiction, post-traumatic stress, self-love, social anxiety and phobia, and women's issues.
Her approach blends several evidence-based methods. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is part of her work for practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Mindfulness practices and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills feature when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed.
Sessions are conversational and task-focused. Jacqueline encourages people to identify realistic goals and practice new ways of responding between sessions. She pays attention to how avoidance, people-pleasing, or living around someone else's substance use can keep problems going, and she helps clients build clearer boundaries and steadier self-direction.
Her style is person-centered, which means listening closely and adjusting the pace to what each person needs. Jacqueline draws on motivational interviewing when someone is ambivalent about change, such as with substance use or difficult habits. Over time she helps clients track progress and pick strategies that fit their daily life.
Jacqueline works in Florida and conducts therapy in English. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the site's online options.
How sessions work
How ACT, CBT and client-centered work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small, committed actions toward them while learning to live with uncomfortable thoughts and feelings. It can help when anxiety, avoidance, or codependent patterns get in the way of what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and habits tied to substance use. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's experience and priorities. The therapist listens, reflects, and adjusts to the client's pace so goals and steps feel manageable.Choosing the right approach is part of working together. The therapist will discuss options, try techniques, and adapt based on what helps most. That collaborative process means methods can shift as goals or circumstances change.
Confirm the current session formats before booking since the biography does not list specific online options. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, shorten travel time, and allow for different kinds of check-ins. Some people prefer audio-only conversations when they need less bandwidth or a briefer check-in. Others like practicing skills between sessions and reporting back. Talk with the therapist during the matching steps about which arrangements would best fit daily life.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, anger, and depression, and offers additional focus on codependency and communication problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is client-centered and practical, using skills-based approaches such as ACT, CBT, DBT techniques, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing.
How much experience does she have?
She has 10 years of clinical experience working with people facing anxiety, addiction, trauma, and related concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor - LMHC - licensed in Florida and practices from that state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the US work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions arranged and how much do they cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.