Jiacheng (Jacqueline) Liu , LPC

Jiacheng (Jacqueline) Liu offers a compassionate, non-judgmental approach to counseling that emphasizes self-awareness, personal empowerment, and practical coping skills. She creates a collaborative space where clients can explore emotions, examine thought patterns, and identify personal strengths to build more balanced, resilient responses to life’s challenges. Jiacheng draws on evidence-informed techniques to guide clients toward clearer thinking and healthier coping strategies, including skills from dialectical behavior therapy that support emotional regulation and distress tolerance.

Her work is rooted in cognitive-behavioral and person-centered frameworks, blending structured interventions with a respectful, client-led stance that honors each individual’s story. Jiacheng has provided services in private practice settings, a national residential treatment facility, and psychiatric outpatient programs, bringing experience across different levels of care. She is able to offer counseling in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese, and holds the LPC credential - Licensed Professional Counselor - which reflects her training and licensure to practice counseling.

Jiacheng focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, eating and body-image concerns, mood symptoms like depression and bipolar disorder, relationship and family challenges, grief, parenting and caregiver stress, attention and executive functioning struggles, and a range of intimacy- and identity-related issues. Her approach aims to foster insight, practical skill-building, and sustainable growth tailored to each client’s goals and preferences.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Jiacheng integrates several practical, evidence-informed approaches into her online work to meet diverse client needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related difficulties. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, respect, and collaboration, giving clients space to lead sessions while the therapist supports self-exploration and personal growth. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, and can be especially helpful for intense emotions and relationship challenges.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Jiacheng works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their goals, preferences, and life context, adjusting strategies as progress unfolds so therapy stays relevant and useful. This teamwork helps ensure treatment feels personalized and practical.

Online therapy offers flexibility for connecting in ways that suit a client’s routine and comfort, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to attend sessions from different locations, fit therapy into busy schedules, and maintain continuity of care, while still receiving support from licensed professionals and therapists trained in the approaches described above.