Dr. Jada Jackson | Orlando’s Trusted Therapist for Athletes and Couples

Dr. Jada Jackson

Ed.D, LMHC, LPC-S
Founder and President of Total Life Counseling Center Dallas
National Mental Health Expert | Author | Speaker | Corporate Trainer

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National Certified Counselor: Teen Girls, Marriage, Sexual Abuse Expert

Dr. Jada Jackson is a licensed mental health counselor specializing in women’s counseling, couples therapy, and sports psychology. With a Doctorate in Counseling, she helps individuals, couples, and athletes overcome emotional and relational challenges.

Her expertise includes anxiety, depression, trauma recovery, self-esteem, and relationship issues, focusing on teen girls, young women, and families. Dr. Jackson provides practical, evidence-based strategies for lasting change.

Meet Dr. Jada Jackson

Empowering Your Journey with Expert Qualifications and Proven Experience

Dr. Jada Jackson brings a unique blend of academic excellence and real-world expertise to her counseling practice. With over 15 years of experience, she combines a passion for helping others with a commitment to ongoing professional growth.

  • Ed.D. in Counselor Education & Supervision, Argosy University

  • M.S. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Palm Beach Atlantic University

  • M.A. in Human Services Counseling, Regent University

  • Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC, Florida Dept. of Health)

  • National Certified Counselor (NCC)

  • Prepare & Enrich Certified Pre-Marital Counselor, Orlando

Dr. Jackson is a verified professional with Psychology Today and GoodTherapy.org, and is an active member of the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC). Her qualifications reflect her dedication to providing transformative, results-driven counseling for individuals, couples, and families.

Trusted Professional Affiliations and Memberships

  • LMHC – State of Florida’s Department of Health
  • NBCC – National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC)
  • AACC
  • Psychology Today Verified
  • GoodTherapy.org Credentials Verified

Dr. Jada Jackson

Jada Jackson’s Bio

Dr. Jada Jackson is a nationally respected Licensed Mental Health Counselor, educator, and business owner who has dedicated her life’s work to helping people heal deeply, think clearly, and live fully. As President of Total Life Counseling Dallas, Dr. Jada leads a private group practice that offers counseling, coaching, corporate training, and clinical supervision services throughout Texas and beyond.

As Jada traveled throughout the world, she met thousands of young women like herself. They longed for success, acceptance and validation. No matter what city, state or continent, the common thread was the same: poor self-concept. Through this evaluation, Jada began to address this issue in her life.

Education and Experience

She holds a Doctorate in Counselor Education & Supervision, a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, and a Master’s in Human Services Counseling, giving her the academic rigor to match her practical expertise. Her training programs for clinicians and coaches are informed by both research and real-world experience.

Jada is an author, professional counselor, coach & motivational speaker with a specialization in sports therapy. Jada is known for her transparent, practical style of counseling, speaking, teaching and coaching. Her passion is to guide others into meaningful and purposeful living, particularly in the areas of personal enrichment, emotion management, and image enhancement. She also offers in home sessions and schedules on the half hour for professional athletes, high profile clients, and celebrities in sports such as the NBA, NFL, MLB, and PGA to protect their privacy and provide personalized care for their unique needs. With her expertise and experience, she has helped numerous high profile clients, including professional athletes, celebrities, and individuals in the public eye.

With over 15 years of experience in mental health care, Dr. Jada brings clinical depth, cultural sensitivity, and practical wisdom into every session, speaking engagement, and training room. Her specialties include trauma recovery, anxiety management, emotional regulation, relationship conflict, and faith-based mental wellness. She is especially known for her work with professionals, athletes, women in leadership, and families navigating complex transitions.

Dr. Jada is also a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor (LPC-S), providing supervision and mentorship to rising counselors and associates. She believes in equipping the next generation of therapists with not only clinical skill, but also emotional maturity, ethical clarity, and entrepreneurial vision. Her private supervision cohorts have produced confident, competent clinicians who now run their own thriving practices.

As a passionate advocate for culturally competent therapy, Dr. Jada ensures that Total Life Counseling Dallas is a safe and affirming space for people of all backgrounds—especially those who have historically been overlooked or underserved in mental health care. Her practice offers Christian counseling options, trauma-informed care, and corporate wellness programs that prioritize emotional intelligence, stress management, and leadership development.

Dr. Jada’s mission is simple but bold: to help people and organizations transform from the inside out. Whether she’s guiding a couple through conflict resolution, helping a leader build emotional resilience, or delivering mental wellness training to corporate teams, she brings truth, clarity, and care to every encounter.

Favorite Quote: “You don’t have to be perfect to be powerful.”

 

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National Talk Show co-host of the Emotional Mojo!

Jada Jackson provides expert advice on Beauty, Business, and Balance, as well as Self-Esteem, Body Image, Depression, Relationships, and more on the news, as well as Emotional Mojo, which airs on WEtv and Oxygen!

Local and National TV & Radio

Jada is called on by the media for her expertise with teen girls, young adult women, marriage, relationships, sexual abuse, eating disorders, self-esteem, and body image issues on local & national TV & Radio, including the Daily Buzz, Fox News, Channel 13, NBC, WEtv, OWN, Oxygen & more!

Professional Communicator

Jada enjoys speaking to young people and adults across the country, encouraging them to do their best, love themselves, and reach for higher heights. Jada is laying the foundation for a talk show that will encourage others to attain their dreams and goals.

What is a Success Coach?

The Key to your Success is “What You Know and Who You Know!” It is important to work with someone who’s already achieved the results you are working towards. Being mentored or coached by someone who has been successful increases your chances of success as they have a huge network of resources, and can reduce years off your timeline of success.

Who Should Call Jada Jackson? Jada will impact the lives of many who face struggles of physical and sexual abuse, poor self-concept, and abandonment. Jada’s passion is to ensure that every life she touches will become more meaningful.

Emotional Mojo with Dr. Jada Jackson

Services

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Interviews & Seminars

Jada has Been Featured On Multiple TV Networks and News Stations:

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Transform Your Life with Dr. Jada Jackson’s Expert Counseling

Today, after ten years of self-evaluation, Jada began a “Be-You” campaign to empower girls and young women to embrace the freedom of just being themselves!

The fashion industry provided a platform for Jada to speak, coach, and encourage thousands of hurting women worldwide through her Modeling Institute, Coaching, and her Book.

How to Be-You-Tiful:

Jada is the author of “Be-You-Tiful”, a power-packed, practical application guide to becoming a better you. Readers learn life strategies designed to address social, economic, and emotional challenges in today’s pop culture.

Three Key Areas:

Jada encourages her readers to face fear by addressing three major areas of life:

  1. Physically
  2. Morally
  3. Mentally

3 Steps to Reclaim Your Purpose:

  • Step 1: Overcome Fear and Failure: Identify and confront the fears and setbacks holding you back. Build resilience by learning from failure and transforming it into growth.
  • Step 2: Manage Anxiety, Depression, and Distractions: Develop practical strategies to manage emotional challenges, stay focused, and regain clarity amidst life’s distractions.
  • Step 3: Reclaim Confidence and Power: Embrace your unique strengths, rebuild self-confidence, and take empowered steps toward a purposeful life, fully aligned with your true potential.

Inspiring Change: Dr. Jada Jackson as a Dynamic Guest Speaker

Jada is asked to speak across the country to the following organizations to list a few:

  • NBC Universal – Managing Stress Toolbox
  • Managing Change for Managers Hewlett Packard Enterprises
  • Mercedes Benz Financial – Dealing with the elephant in the room
  • Respect and positive interaction in the workplace – Optum
  • Improving communication skills for employees L Oreal USA
  • Building Resiliency L Oreal USA
  • Substance abuse in the workplace for managers L Oreal USA
  • Avoiding Burnout City of Dallas
  • Healthy Relationships L Oreal USA
  • Professional writing and email etiquette, City of Dallas
  • Health and wellbeing in the workplace, City of Dallas
  • Managing Stress for Success L Oreal USA
  • Stress and Life Balance Optum
  • Professional Writing and Email Etiquette L Oreal USA
  • Substance Abuse in the Workplace for employees, City of Dallas
  • Managing Strong Emotions, City of Dallas
  • Handling a Family Crisis L Oreal USA
  • Critical Thinking City of Dallas
  • The Art of Negotiation, City of Dallas
  • Anti Harassment in the Workplace L Oreal USA
  • Managing change for employees, City of Dallas
  • Survival Strategies for New Parents L Oreal USA
  • Depression in the workplace L Oreal USA
  • Building Resiliency City of Dallas
  • Career Transitions Optum
  • Children & Stress L Oreal USA
  • Health and Well-being in the Workplace City of Dallas
  • Stress & Life Balance United PanAm Financial
  • Dealing with Negativity in the Workplace Optum
  • Domestic Abuse Visits the Workplace Optum
  • Be-You! Foundation Mentorship Program. Orlando, Florida.
  • Understand Self-Esteem, A Teen Girl’s Interpersonal Art Therapy Group. Orlando, Florida
  • Sex and Communication, Couple’s Conference and Retreat.
  • Understanding Sex and Relationships.
  • Health and Hope, A Women’s Interpersonal Group.
  • Educator: Human Sexuality- Understanding Your Body
  • University of Central Florida (UCF) Multicultural Psychological Student Association’s Annual Conference. Relational Aggression/Bullying & Adolescent Girls.
  • First Baptist of Orlando. Domestic Violence Awareness Speech.
  • Palm Beach Atlantic University, Alumni Speech for Graduate Class
  • Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI), Orlando, FL. Bullying: Flying Under the Radar
  • Florida Association of Christian Colleges & Schools, Orlando, FL. Transitioning From High School to College
  • University Behavioral Center, Orlando, FL. Bullying: Flying Under the Radar
  • Total Life Counseling Center, Orlando, FL. Mom and Me: A Mother/Daughter Healing Experience
  • Wal-Mart of Illinois. Multi-Cultural Awareness Seminar
  • North Carolina State University, Fayetteville, NC
  • Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA
  • Orange County Regional Juvenile Detention Center, FLORIDA

Retreats

Jada provides retreats for teen girls for self esteem, body image, image enhancement.

Business, Beauty and Balance

Jada leads seminars and workshop talking about business, beauty and balance! She gives tips on corporate image as well as balancing personal life and career goals!

Community Involvement

The mission of Be-You! Foundation is to encourage positive change in the lives of young women so they will achieve their highest potential in life. By providing creative program services, we will re-establish, restore, and redefine positive self-esteem and provide a safe environment for healthy life development. Through committed employees and volunteers, our programs will foster positive relationships with young women so they may become more compassionate, confident, competent, and caring. We are committed to building positive self-concept through effective leadership and standards of excellence.

Be-You! Foundation is committed to providing healing, restoration, and hope to a generation of young women searching for independence, love, and freedom from destructive, life altering setbacks that may include: Drug & Alcohol Addictions, Physical & Sexual Abuse, Sex Trafficking, Sexual Health, Depression, Gender Identity Issues, Unplanned Pregnancy, and Eating Disorders.

Our primary goal is to restore health and wellness by repairing our client’s hearts, souls, minds, and bodies. All of these objectives can only be attained, by providing our participants with the very best of healthcare professionals, who exhibit unprecedented quality, care, and service.

Testimonials

A Few Kind Words From Satisfied Clients

”Jada has a creative way of connecting with young women. She is easy to talk to, personable and “down to earth.”

Anonymous

Female Client

“You captured all the pain and emotion of an abusive life perfectly, and your ‘recipes’ for healing and moving on are invaluable. I have many of the passages of your book highlighted and the pages marked so I can refer to them on a daily basis. Thank you so much for your help”

Anonymous

Abuse Survivor

“I thank you for sharing your life struggles and experiences. Because of your creative coaching, I’ve found healing and will continue to turn my life around and not blame my ex-husband for the abuse nor my parents for their lack of knowledge in my up bringing.”

Anonymous

Divorced Client

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We take the guesswork out of finding the right counselor. Our counselors are subject matter specialists and we link you to the therapist that best fits your concerns. Get started today with a complimentary 15 minute consult:

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Frequently Asked Questions

What should I look for when choosing a couple therapist in Orlando?

When you’re searching for a ‘couple therapist online’, look for the one with proper licensing, experience in your concerns, and a therapeutic style that feels supportive. Consider specialties, availability, virtual options, and strong client feedback.

Where can I find reviews or recommendations for therapists in Orlando?

Check Google, Psychology Today, and local directories when researching options. Friends, physicians, or community groups may also share recommendations. Searches like best therapist Orlando or relationship counseling Jackson MS often reveal helpful reviews, and similar methods work when finding trusted Orlando therapists.

What mental health clinics in Orlando treat both therapy and psychiatry needs?

Many mental health clinics in Orlando offer comprehensive mental health services combining individual therapy, psychiatry, and group therapy for clients of all ages. These centers address anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, and personality disorders, providing coordinated therapy sessions with psychiatrists and therapists to improve quality of life.

Are there affordable therapy options available in Orlando?

Yes, many providers offer sliding scale options, accept major insurance plans, and provide online therapy for flexible access. Community clinics prioritize compassionate care, healthy coping skills, and practical support for panic attacks, financial stress, and behavior issues, helping individuals meet personal goals affordably.

What mental health clinics in Orlando treat both therapy and psychiatry needs?

Clinics offering family therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, behavioral therapy, trauma therapy, EMDR therapy, or dialectical behavioral therapy help reshape negative thought patterns and manage symptoms of anxiety. Skilled practitioners, including a licensed clinical social worker or family therapist, bring years of experience to guide new perspectives and meaningful change.

How can I find a couples therapist​ near me?

Search online for therapy near me listings and reviews to compare therapists for couples and identify the best couple therapist near me. Reach out to an Orlando FL counselor who offers experienced couples therapist Orlando couples therapy options today available.

What are some of the services for marriage counseling Orlando​?

Marriage counseling in Orlando offers services such as couples therapy, conflict resolution, communication skills development, trust-building, and emotional support. An Orlando FL counselor provides tailored sessions to address relationship issues, helping couples improve their bond and navigate challenges.

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Dallas Office Location

Our Dallas counseling, therapy, group, coaching and career services are conveniently located at 6060 N. Central Expressway in Dallas, Tx.

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6060 N. Central Expressway, Ste 500

Dallas, TX 75206

(469) 757-5215