Jackie Smythe, LPC

Jackie works with children, teens, and families.

Jackie’s genuine, down-to-earth personality helps clients feel comfortable and connected to her. Jackie has six years of experience as a therapist and is skilled at using creative interventions such as art, play, and other activities to help children and teens express themselves. Jackie involves parents in counseling to help them learn ways to support their children and improve their relationships. Jackie’s specialties include anxiety disorders, depression, parent-child relational difficulties, self-esteem, emotional regulation issues including self-injury, and adjusting to life transitions.

Jackie is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and received her Master’s Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Immaculata University. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Cabrini College. 

Jackie has previous experience as a therapist working at a partial hospitalization program with teens where she provides intensive individual and group therapy and as a family-based clinician in a family-based mental health program. Jackie uses several modalities in her work with clients such as CBT, Ecosystemic Structural Family Therapy (ESFT), Solution-Focused Therapy, and Person-Centered Play Therapy.

“A failure is not a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.” -B.F. Skinner