Jacqueline Laurenzi, M. Ed.

About Me Hi, I’m Jackie, and I’m glad you’re here. I’m a postpartum couples therapist and a Resident in Counseling, certified in perinatal mental health (PMH-C). I work virtually with couples across Virginia who love each other and feel further apart since becoming parents. Since becoming parents, small things turn into bigger fights, closeness gets harder to find, and neither of you has words for what’s happening. No one hands you a roadmap for the early years of parenthood, and that’s the roadmap I help couples build. My Approach At the heart of my work is Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy. I help you slow down, see the cycle you’re caught in, and build new ways of reaching for each other. I draw on the Gottman Method for communication and repair tools. Sessions are virtual and flexible, so they fit the life you’re actually living. Background and Experience My path to this work is personal. After more than a decade as an educator and school counselor, I became a mother and was caught off guard by the weight of that transition. I was excited and also anxious, uncertain, and grieving parts of my identity I hadn’t expected to lose. That experience changed the direction of my career. I returned to school, earned my M.Ed. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, and built a practice around the relationship challenges of early parenthood. I’m committed to ongoing training in couples therapy and perinatal mental health. My Beliefs Every relationship has real capacity for growth, even in the hardest seasons. The early years of parenthood are one of the biggest changes a couple will go through, and having a place to talk about it honestly makes a difference. I offer that place: warm, grounded, and free of judgment. Get in Touch If you and your partner are in the early years of parenthood and something feels different between you, I’d love to hear from you. I also work with couples who are expecting or planning for a baby, couples building a strong start before parenthood, and individual new parents. Schedule a complimentary 15-minute consultation, or visit www.jlaurenzicounseling.com to learn more.