Licensed Professional Counselor · Coach · Recovering Eldest Daughter
Hi, I’m Jaclyn Borgia
A therapist with serious clinical training and zero interest in boring you.
Why I do this work.
I’m like you.
The eldest daughter who smiled when she wanted to scream and said yes when her whole body said no.
Grad school didn’t fix that. Neither did getting licensed. What finally changed things was someone in my corner who refused to let me stay stuck.
That experience shaped the kind of therapist and coach I wanted to become. Someone brave and ready to face the hard shit and tell you the things you may already know and don’t want to hear. With more sass, humor, cheer and accountability, of course.
Please be you.
I’m funny. I’m direct. I will not pathologize you for the survival strategies you built when you needed them. I’m showing up in this space as me. Please be you, too.
01. You’ll be understood.
You don’t have to tidy up your feelings or make your story sound more reasonable before you tell it. Scared, angry, confused, desperate, motivated, all the feels! Bring whichever one shows up.
02. You’ll be called out (lovingly).
I’ll name the pattern you can’t see yet, including the voice that says you’re too much, not enough, or about to be found out. Then we learn to shut that shit down in a way you’re satisfied with.
03. You’ll get a real person.
Not a blank screen nodding along. I laugh, I react, and I’ll tell you when something you said just landed for me too.
The training behind the sass.
I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor in Pennsylvania and New Jersey with a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology and more than 10 years of clinical experience.
Certified in:
Grief and loss
Trauma- and Shame-Informed care
DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy)
In plain English: I can sit with grief without rushing you, work with trauma without making you relive it for no reason, and teach you skills you can actually use at night when your brain won’t shut up.
Most of my clients stay with me long-term. I think that’s because the trust is real.
A little more about me.
Philadelphia born and raised, which makes me a loyal Birds fan and a cheesesteak purist with strong opinions.
I love to laugh. In my natural state I’m content, smiling, and quietly workshopping my next truly terrible joke.
Travel lights me up. Don’t be surprised if my background changes from session to session.
I’m a newer reader and currently working through fantasy, fiction, and self-development.
Rest is something I had to learn on purpose. So when I ask you to practice it, know I’m doing the work right alongside you.
Two ways to work together. Same me.
Online Therapy
For women in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Virtual, confidential, and judgment-free. We get to the root of the pattern, then practice doing something different.
Online Coaching
For women anywhere in the U.S. who’ve done the therapy, know their patterns, and want to turn insight into action. Application-only, three-month minimum. Less “why do I do this,” more “okay, what am I doing about it on Tuesday.”