Meet Jacqueline Buarque de Macedo

Jacqueline Buarque de Macedo, LCSW/LICSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Virginia and Washington, DC, providing compassionate, evidence-based therapy to individuals, couples, and children, specializing in anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, life transitions, and high-stress environments.

She earned her Master of Social Work from The Catholic University of America and a Bachelor of Arts from Muhlenberg College, with a particular focus on supporting clients through fertility and maternal mental health concerns, including conception challenges, pregnancy loss, and early parenthood.

Jacqueline also works extensively with adults and minors who have experienced trauma, employing a trauma-informed, person-in-environment approach that draws from CBT, Attachment Theory, and ACT to tailor treatment to each client's cultural, familial, workplace, and relational systems, helping them feel seen, understood, and empowered.