Meet Dr. Jacqueline Baer
My Approach
I believe in your ability to examine the circumstances of your life, gain awareness, and find answers within yourself. Through an exploration of self and personal ability, I hope to help you become more present, authentic, and accepting of yourself. We will also work together to help move you toward inner trustworthiness and self-actualization, experiencing change in yourself.
My approach emphasizes the therapeutic relationship and is oriented towards personal growth. I support clients to make new choices, overcome obstacles, and build their most fulfilling lives. I work with clients who experience a wide range of challenges involving medical issues, divorce, adoption, relationships, and life transitions.
Specialties
- Life Transitions
- Women and Divorce
- Families of Adoption and Foster Care
- Self Esteem
- Relationship Issues
- ADHD
- Anxiety
- Bisexual
- Career Counseling
- Child
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Pain
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Divorce
- Education and Learning Disabilities
- Family Conflict
- Geriatric and Seniors
- Grief
- Infertility
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Coaching
- Marital and Premarital
- Mood Disorders
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Racial Identity
- School Issues
- Self-Harming
- Stress
- Suicidal Ideation
- Thinking Disorders
- Transgender
- Trauma and PTSD
- Women's Issues
Academic Training
Capella University, Minnesota, MN
Ph.D. Counselor Education and Supervision, 2020
Capella University, Minnesota, MN
M.S. Mental Health Counseling, 2016
Additional Training/Certifications
Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.)
30-hour National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training (NTI)
I am passionate about supporting individuals impacted by foster care and adoption. I lead with a trauma-informed approach and work with the whole family on their healing journey. To enhance my expertise, I completed the 30-hour National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training (NTI). This training equips me to address the complex mental health needs of children in foster care, adoption, or kinship care. It provides essential knowledge and skills to assess needs, develop effective treatment plans, and support family stability. I apply this training to ensure my clients receive the best possible care.
Teaching Experience
Alfred University
Capella University
Long Island University
Leadership in the Field
Past President
New York Mental Health Counseling Association
Middle Adult Taskforce for the Association for Adult Development and Aging
American Counseling Association
Memberships
American Counseling Association (ACA)
New York Mental Health Counseling Association (NYMHCA)
Research
Dissertation: Experiences of Divorced Women Using An Online Education Modality To Seek Self-Identity and Empowerment
(Available from Dissertations & Theses @ Capella University)
Languages Spoken
English
