Jacqueline Oshiver
Compassionate, integrative therapy for real-life change
LMFT, LCSW New Jersey
- Experience
- 40 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Jacqueline
Jacqueline Oshiver brings a client-centered sensibility to therapy that blends cognitive-behavioral techniques with relational and mindfulness-informed methods. Jacqueline integrates CBT strategies to help clients identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, while also drawing on emotionally-focused and psychodynamic perspectives to explore deeper relationship themes and attachment dynamics.
Background and approach
Her work emphasizes compassion, mutuality, and practical skills that support day-to-day functioning. With four decades of clinical experience, Jacqueline focuses on a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, and career-related stress.
She also works with issues such as ADHD, bipolar disorder, family-of-origin problems, communication and commitment difficulties, caregiver stress, and codependency. Jacqueline’s dual credentials as an LMFT and an LCSW inform a flexible, integrative approach that honors both the personal and relational aspects of healing.
Based in New Jersey, she offers therapy framed around collaboration and practical outcomes, helping clients translate insights into improved daily functioning and renewed personal direction. Jacqueline emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental environment where clients and therapist work together toward clearer coping strategies and greater emotional balance.
Therapeutic Approaches Adapted for Online Care
Jacqueline draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients recognize and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, offering practical exercises and skill-building that transfer well to remote sessions. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a collaborative, empathic space where the client’s experience guides the work, supporting exploration of values and personal goals in a respectful way. Emotionally-Focused Therapy is another approach she employs when relationship patterns and attachment concerns are central, helping partners or individuals understand emotional cycles and improve connection.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process; Jacqueline works together with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative assessment allows techniques to be blended or adjusted over time so the work feels relevant and manageable.
Online therapy with her is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different schedules and communication styles. These formats provide flexibility for ongoing symptom management, skills practice, and relational work without requiring travel, making it easier to maintain consistency and momentum in therapy.
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Experience
40+ years
Licensed
New Jersey, New Jersey, Maine, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania
Languages
English