About Jill
Jill Markowitz is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with five years of clinical experience. She works with people who are dealing with depression, anxiety, grief, life transitions, and concerns related to identity and relationships. Jill aims to create a calm space where clients can speak without judgment and feel heard.
Jill believes therapy is a collaborative process. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and combines their insights with her clinical perspective.
Background and approach
Together they set goals and track small steps toward change. Sessions focus on practical tools that clients can use between meetings. Jill introduces coping strategies for stress, techniques to manage difficult emotions, and methods to handle relationship strain and self-esteem issues.
These tools are meant to be carried forward after therapy ends. Her approach acknowledges that therapy can bring up hard truths. Jill prepares people for that and supports them through the process.
She emphasizes steady progress rather than quick fixes. Jill practices in Connecticut and holds both LMHC and LPC credentials. She offers sessions in English and uses a mix of conversation and skill-building to address concerns like addiction, ADHD, eating issues, trauma, and career stress.
How Jill Uses Evidence-Based Techniques Online
Jill draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that help people manage symptoms and build coping skills. One common approach focuses on teaching concrete coping strategies for stress and anxiety, such as breathing exercises, grounding methods, and behavioral steps to reduce avoidance. These techniques help when strong emotions make daily tasks hard.Another approach centers on examining patterns in thoughts and behaviors to reduce distress and improve mood. This involves noticing unhelpful thinking, testing those thoughts in real life, and developing alternative responses. It is useful for depression, self-esteem concerns, and relationship stress.
Finding the right method is part of the work. Jill collaborates with each person to identify which techniques feel most helpful. She adjusts strategies based on the client’s needs, goals, and what works in real life so the plan remains practical and personalized.
Online therapy here is offered by licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging is useful for ongoing, flexible contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to continue care from different locations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- New York, Connecticut
- Languages
- English