Meet Dr. Jacqueline Trumbull

Email: jtrumbull@carolinatherapysolutions.com

Dr. Trumbull has an active therapeutic style that uses warmth, thoughtfulness, and humor to help you explore and deepen the emotional experiences that may be difficult to process on your own. She believes you are the expert on your own life, and her role is to provide a space where you feel challenged yet safe to take emotional risks that can lead to insight and change your life.

Specialties

· Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

· Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

· Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

· Prolonged Exposure (PE)

· Cognitive Processing Theory (CPT)

Therapeutic Approach and Specialization

Dr. Trumbull, Ph.D., received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Duke University. She specializes in working with couples, individuals with trauma, infertility, and individuals struggling with strong emotional responses and experiences. Dr. Trumbull is highly trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Prolonged Exposure (PE), and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT). She has experience working with clients in both inpatient and outpatient settings, including fertility clinics and community mental health care settings.

Lasting Change for Individuals

Dr. Trumbull has extensive training in evidence-based trauma therapies and works with a range of clinical presentations, including mood and anxiety disorders, PTSD, BPD, and those struggling with infertility. She is particularly passionate about working with individuals who struggle with strong emotions and may experience intense anxiety, perfectionism, impulsivity, relationship instability, or trauma. After completing her internship at the Bronx VA, she also enjoys working with veterans or those who have experienced military culture. She thoughtfully combines scientifically proven Cognitive Therapies with deeper, process-oriented, insight-oriented approaches to tackle not just client symptoms, but also get to the root of the problems. She is passionate about helping her clients reach their goals, experience greater freedom, contentment, stability, and confidence that can sometimes feel out of reach amidst mental health challenges. She loves working with clients who are motivated to be proactive in deepening their sense of purpose and meaning.

Her stance is collaborative, as she consistently seeks input and willingness to try different interventions that a sturdy body of research has proven effective. Starting with a clinical assessment, Dr. Trumbull identifies symptoms, long-standing patterns, and behaviors that contribute to your life, and will create a personalized treatment plan that expands on your goals. She is primarily trained as a cognitive behavioral therapist, but her guiding principle is simply science; she uses interventions that are evidence-based. She pulls from DBT, ACT, EFT, exposure therapies, and other CBTs to inform her approach.

Couples Therapy

Dr. Trumbull is trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy, one of the most prominent and evidence-backed therapies for couples. In EFT, Dr. Trumbull will help you and your partner understand and process the cycle that keeps you stuck in repeated arguments, distance, or resentments, and learn to connect with and communicate the emotions underlying this cycle. Dr. Trumbull will facilitate a safe and supportive space for you and your partner(s) to begin taking the risks necessary to help your relationship flourish, for instance, by sharing your true feelings, expressing your secret desires, or explaining why you may sometimes feel too scared or overwhelmed to communicate. She will also help each of you understand and communicate how your own attachment histories influence the way you experience your relationship, so that you can learn how to soothe, support, and protect each other more effectively. Dr. Trumbull enjoys working with couples of any sexual, gender, or relationship orientation.

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Education and Training

Dr. Trumbull received her B.A. in philosophy from the University of Virginia and her M.A. and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Duke University. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at the James J. Peters Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in the Bronx, NY. Throughout her training, she worked primarily with severe mental illness, with a focus on borderline personality disorder and PTSD. She received extensive training in full-model Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), evidence-based treatments for trauma such as prolonged exposure (PE) and cognitive processing therapy (CPT), and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples. She also trained in the Duke Fertility Center, providing treatment for individuals and couples struggling with fertility and using assisted reproductive technologies. Dr. Trumbull has worked in both outpatient settings and inpatient units, primarily in community mental health, where patients would otherwise struggle to access care. In addition to individual and couples therapy, she has also led a sexual trauma group, emotional regulation groups, and DBT skills groups. Dr. Trumbull's extensive clinical training and skill working with severe mental illness qualify her to work with a wide range of conditions, including depression and mood disorders, anxiety disorders, PTSD, BPD, mental health symptoms related to fertility concerns, life transitions, identity exploration, and interpersonal dysfunction.