I am licensed in Connecticut with 6 years of professional work experience. My primary specialty is emotional regulation. This means if you are experiencing anxiety, stress, sadness, anger, low mood or other difficult emotions we will work together to increase your understanding of those emotions and therefore your ability to manage them. You don’t have to have the perfect words, the perfect mood, or the perfect version of yourself when you show up. Just come as you are.
Additional areas of focus: Relationship issues, Trauma and abuse, Coping with grief and loss, Coping with life changes, Attachment issues, Communication problems, Family problems, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Mood disorders, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Post-traumatic stress, Self-harm, Self-love, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing
CT LCSW 013862
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Jacquella Forgey-Carpenter. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
Good. Would recommend.
Written on Oct 23, 2025 after therapy with Jacquella for 1 year and 4 months on issues concerning relationship issues, and parenting issues
there’s no other person i’d rather have to be able to talk to
Written on Jan 03, 2025 after therapy with Jacquella for 7 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, self esteem, and anger management
Jacquella is easy to talk to, offers helpful exercises, doesn’t pry but helps me learn better ways of handling stress, and improve in pleasant ways.
Written on Sep 27, 2024 after therapy with Jacquella for 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and adhd
Amazing listener and definitely is attentive to clients and their needs. Would highly recommend.
Written on Sep 06, 2024 after therapy with Jacquella for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and adhd
I feel that meeting Jacquella has changed my life in incredibly numerous and positive ways. I'm not sure how to say thank you in the right way that's powerful enough to be worth the help she's given me. Thank you.
Written on Aug 26, 2024 after therapy with Jacquella for 2 months on issues concerning relationship issues
Jacquella is so in tune with my care! She assists me in getting through everything I bring to her but still allows me to put in the work in on my own. It helps me to learn how to cope with issues/situations in the future without assistance. She is amazing!
Written on Aug 12, 2024 after therapy with Jacquella for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and adhd