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Jacqueline Lizarazo, LCSW

  • Experience5 years
  • LocationIllinois
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, and Grief
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Jacqueline

Jacqueline Lizarazo is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with five years of professional experience who centers her work on Internal Family Systems alongside other evidence-based methods. She approaches therapy with the belief that clients are the experts on their own lives and that healing builds on existing strengths.

Background and approach

Jacqueline focuses on stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, self-esteem, and depression, guiding people through practical steps and reflective exploration to address these concerns.

Her practice also attends to a broad range of related issues such as abandonment, adoption and foster care matters, body image, chronic pain and illness, codependency, communication and control challenges, addiction, and end-of-life counseling. Jacqueline describes a direct, engaged style that balances compassion with accountability, offering structure like therapeutic homework while remaining adaptable to each person’s needs.

Based in Illinois and licensed as an LCSW, she aims to help clients develop clearer coping strategies and more satisfying daily functioning through collaborative work and consistent support.

How IFS and Skills-Based Methods Work Online

Internal Family Systems (IFS) explores the different parts or inner voices people carry, helping clients notice, understand, and relate to those parts with curiosity rather than judgment; this approach can be useful for trauma responses, intense emotions, and ongoing inner conflict. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathic listening and collaboration, offering a supportive environment where clients set the pace and goals while the therapist reflects and clarifies to promote self-directed growth. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying patterns of thought and behavior that contribute to distress and teaching practical strategies to shift habits and improve daily functioning.

Choosing an approach is often part of the work itself, and Jacqueline treats finding the right fit as a collaborative process. She draws on these methods to match techniques to a client’s needs, goals, and preferences and will adjust the mix of strategies as the relationship and progress evolve.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging provides flexibility for scheduling, access when in-person visits are difficult, and the opportunity to use different communication styles for different moments in treatment. These formats allow licensed professionals to deliver structured interventions, reflective conversation, and between-session homework in ways that fit a client’s life and routine.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem issues, and depression, along with related areas such as addiction, communication problems, and chronic illness challenges.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her approach combines empathic, client-centered listening with active interventions and homework to encourage growth and skills practice between sessions.
How long has she been practicing professionally?
She has five years of professional experience working as a clinical social worker with a variety of presenting concerns.
What credentials and location are on record?
She is an LCSW with licensure details IL LCSW 149.027337 and FL LCSW SW22893, and she practices from Illinois.
Does she offer services in other languages or accept international clients?
Sessions are offered in English, and she does accept international clients.
In what formats are sessions available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different preferences and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule an appointment based on therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseGriefSelf esteemDepression

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAntisocial personalityBody imageChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSelf-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

5+ years

Licensed

Florida, Illinois

Languages

English