This area of the site is intended to allow clients to share what they have learned from their own counseling experience as a result of working with Jacqueline. The decision to seek counseling is such a courageous choice. The insight from someone who has already been on his or her journey can help the next person embark upon their road to happiness. Names and email addresses are repressed unless you specifically give us permission to use your name. Even then we will only publish either for or last names.
Hi Dr. Falls:
I am in fact very happy being married and I must say that you helped a great deal! Thanks so much! My testimony is:
After dating my husband 7 years before we got married, I thought we knew each other really well and that we were more than ready to get married. When we went to pre-marital counseling I learned that we had some work to do to be REALLY prepared for marriage. We learned more about each other and how to respect each other as husband and wife. We learned how to communicate with respect and better understand how the other person thinks and feels. It helped us understand how our actions can affect the other person and the relationship as a whole. The homework assigned by Dr. Falls helped facilitate communication and answer questions we had never discussed or thought about. We have only been married for 1 month and we have already used many things that we learned in our counseling sessions, and it has helped us tremendously. I would highly recommend pre-marital counseling to anyone getting married or thinking about getting married. Dr. Falls is the best! She is open, honest, and will not sugar coat anything. If you are like me, you question the validity of reviews and I just want to say that I am being totally honest.
Dena
Hi Jackie,
I know it has been a long time. I never got a chance to thank you for listening to Gilbert and I; a friend of mine was telling me of some problems she was having with her daughter and I referred her to you. I want you to know that Gilbert and I are engaged and we are getting married this year, shooting for October 24 or November 7, 2009. Thanks you so much for all of your help. We use everything we learned form you every day! You really did help our relationship and appreciate you for that. I can not remember that last time we had a blow out argument/fight and now when we disagree on things we get over them so quickly! It is quite amazing how our relationship has turned out. We are Best friends! I don’t want to keep you; but I just wanted to say Thank You!
Thanks a lot!
Erica
Dr. Falls”. That’s how I refer to you with affection. That’s what you were for me when I needed “emergency surgery” on my LIFE. You rescued me from depression and years of oppression. Your “tough love” and “sista-girl” approach to counseling helped me in areas of my life that were hard to reach and handle. From our first session, you “let me have it” and although I sat there saying within myself “who does she think she is talking to me like that,” I returned the following week and continued coming every week until you said, “I think you’re ok now, Kim.” I am filled with tears even now as I reflect on your life-saving love which God used to keep me alive….LITERALLY!
Love you for loving me into life,
Kimberly
Jackie,
Back in 2005, a lot of the pressure that I’d lived under all my life suddenly came to a head. A lot of the pressure was external, beyond my control. Most of it was internal, my need to please others, my inability to speak up for myself, my apparent willingness to let the external challenges control how I lived my life. You taught me how not to be afraid to go after my dreams, to forgive myself, to see how the external was life experience and not a life brick wall. You taught me that I am interested in the world around me and the opportunity I have to make a mark in that world. You taught me to expect more out of myself that pleases myself, to care about ME. You taught me how funny I can be and how to enjoy other people. Even though I know I haven’t seen you in a professionally capacity for a while now, I will be back. I’ve set goals and once those are achieved, I’ll need to learn to keep moving, not settle, to laugh, live, and love more. To share my life experiences, not for pity, but so that if someone sees these things happening in their own lives, they’ll recognize them and know that they aren’t the only one going through that challenge. They’ll know that someone loves them and cares about them and that they will not only be OK, but they will be over comers.
Jackie, you are invaluable. You have insight beyond what book learning affords you. God blessed me by having you available to help me.
Best regards,
Cheryl
Jackie, I just thought that I would send you a short note to tell you how you helped me deal with my divorce. As a result of my sessions with you I have come to realize that mental health is often ignored in this society due to the social stigma attached to it. The fact is, there is usually no attention paid to mental health until we experience a “life crisis” of some kind. When I experienced my “life crisis” I sought your help. This was the first time that I had had any type of mental health attention and as such did not know what to expect. Your method of focusing on what needs to be done in order to first get you over the initial shock, grief, hurt associated with my divorce and a strategy that encouraged mental healing got me through my crisis. Jackie, you did not solve my problem but you guided me in a manner that caused me to not only understand my your own problem (and myself) but to also use those methods in preventing reoccurrences of choosing the wrong mate. “J”
Dearest Jacque,
At a time in my life when my home life was in utter turmoil, your encouragement and guidance rescued me from what could have become a fatal ending. Thanks to your knowledge and experience you were able to identify underlying mental issues and were successful in persuading my spouse to seek help and treatment. Unfortunately, he has not continued therapy, but I am grateful he was guided in the right direction and was able to accept the changes that had to be made for a better quality of life. We have had issues since we last met with you, but I continually draw on the things you stated during our sessions and we make it through. We are not where we should be but much closer than we were four years ago. To God be the glory. Pray for us as we pray for you.
Be Blessed and Live for a Purpose,
Valencia
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