Jacquelyn "Jackie" Taylor-Mays, LCSW

Jacquelyn "Jackie" Taylor-Mays is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of experience in Tennessee. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction. Jackie works with concerns around relationships, self-esteem, motivation, and coping with life changes.

She approaches therapy believing each person knows their own story and strengths. That belief shapes how she listens and guides conversations in session. Jackie aims to create a space where people can name what feels hard and try new ways of handling it.

Her work includes support for grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy and eating or sleeping problems. She also addresses caregiver stress, chronic illness and aging and geriatric issues when these show up in a person's life. Jackie helps people talk through anger, career questions, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.

Jackie draws on methods that focus on relationships and emotions as well as practical thinking tools. She uses Attachment-Based, Client-Centered, Emotionally-Focused, and Cognitive Behavioral ideas to shape sessions. The Gottman Method also informs her approach to relationship work.

Sessions are paced to the person and emphasize small, doable changes. Jackie supports clients who want clearer communication, healthier boundaries, or better day-to-day coping. She encourages practical steps that fit into everyday life and builds on each person's existing strengths.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on the patterns people form in close relationships. It looks at how early bonds shape trust and emotional responses, which can help with intimacy issues, attachment worries, and caregiver stress.

Client-Centered Therapy puts the person's experience at the center of each session. The therapist follows the client's pace, reflects what they say, and helps people find their own answers to problems like anxiety or low self-esteem.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep or eating problems, and for building coping skills around chronic illness and pain.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences and will collaborate on which methods to try. Clients and the therapist adjust the plan as progress and challenges appear.

Confirm current session formats before booking, since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and let people check in from different locations. It also allows for shorter check-ins when needed, or sessions that match a client's comfort with being on camera. Ask about available session options when you schedule.