Jacqueline Bautista, LMFT

Jacqueline Bautista is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 20 years of experience. She works with people facing relationship strain, parenting stress, depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, and related concerns. Jacqueline also addresses issues like ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, career stress, and identity or discrimination-related struggles.

She trained with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from San Francisco State University and a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from Cal State East Bay, where she focused on cross-cultural issues. Over two decades she has worked in settings that included families in crisis and young people in their teens, gaining experience with trauma and emotional abuse responses.

Jacqueline uses straightforward, interactive sessions. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy to help people practice new thinking patterns, clarify motivation, and set small achievable goals. Sessions aim to be practical and conversational, with exercises and steps that can be used between meetings.

She emphasizes respect and sensitivity in the room, avoiding stigmatizing labels. Parents and adults concerned about communication, caregiver stress, or intimacy-related problems will find a clinician who focuses on clear strategies and problem solving. Jacqueline encourages small daily changes that can ease overwhelm and improve day-to-day functioning.

People who want to work on specific problems such as divorce and separation, immigration stress, money worries, or first responder strain will find experience relevant to those areas. Her work also covers multicultural concerns, women's issues, and challenges facing young adults.

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions