Dr. Jacqueline Cleland is a clinical psychologist with over 12 years of experience as a licensed clinician. She views it as a privilege to support individuals of all ages and backgrounds in achieving lasting change through the use of emotion as a path to self-awareness, drawing strength and courage from an open and accepting heart. Dr. Cleland is dedicated to being fully present with her clients, fostering a safe and nurturing environment to build a strong therapeutic alliance. Working from an integrative theoretical framework, she combines insights from developmental psychology along with models of human functioning such as Psychodynamic Psychology, Attachment Theory, and Cognitive Behavioral Psychology. A graduate of The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., she completed her doctoral program with a focus on child and adolescent development and psychopathology. Her clinical specialties encompass developmental, behavioral, and emotional challenges in children, adolescent identity formation, anxiety disorders, complex trauma, PTSD, and navigating life transitions. With experience in both community mental health and private practice, Dr. Cleland also honors her time on the medical staff of a VA hospital, where she provided care to military veterans dealing with combat exposure and deployment-related stress conditions including PTSD, traumatic brain injury, military sexual trauma, and moral injury.