Jacquelyn Galbreath Rabouin, LMFT
Calm, practical therapy for trauma and relationships
About Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Galbreath Rabouin is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 30 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression.
Background and approach
Her manner is calm and straightforward, and she aims to make the first steps toward change feel manageable. She builds sessions around an open, nonjudgmental space where clients can speak honestly.
Conversations are practical and focused on what a person wants to change. The goal is to identify patterns that cause pain and to try different ways of responding.
Jacquelyn draws from client-centered work to keep the person’s experience central. She also uses cognitive behavioral tools to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
For clients coping with trauma, she incorporates EMDR and emotionally-focused ideas when appropriate to process distressing memories and improve emotional connection. Mindfulness exercises are offered to help with regulation and grounding when anxiety, grief, or chronic pain feels overwhelming.
She tailors techniques to fit each person’s pace and daily life so practice feels doable between sessions. People who come for help often want clearer communication, less shame, and more control over their reactions.
Jacquelyn works with those goals step by step, encouraging small changes that add up. She practices in California as an LMFT and conducts sessions using several online formats to match different needs.
Approaches that translate to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s experience and aims to make sessions feel heard and respected. It helps when someone needs a calm space to sort out feelings and decide on steps they want to take.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses practical exercises and homework to change patterns that contribute to anxiety, depression, and relationship difficulties.
Emotionally-focused ideas concentrate on understanding and changing emotional responses that hurt connection or safety. These techniques can help people manage strong emotions and improve how they relate to others.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then combine methods that fit the situation. This is a collaborative process rather than a one-size-fits-all prescription.
Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging support ongoing reflection and quick check-ins between sessions. These options make it possible to fit therapy into busy lives and maintain continuity when in-person visits are difficult.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English