About Jill
Jill McCabe is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) practicing in New York with 25 years of clinical experience. She offers a calm, conversational style and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Her work also covers parenting challenges, relationship and blended family concerns, grief, and struggles with addiction.
Jill supports people who have experienced trauma, emotional or physical abuse, and PTSD symptoms. She also provides guidance for those caring for a loved one with serious mental health or addiction issues.
Background and approach
Sessions are straightforward and aimed at practical change rather than labels. Her approach blends client-centered listening with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness practices. Jill draws on elements of existential and Jungian thinking when it helps a person reflect on meaning and identity.
She adapts the plan to each person's goals and situation. Jill uses clear conversation and specific tools to build coping skills. That can include thought restructuring, grounding and mindfulness exercises, and strategies to improve communication and daily routines.
She helps people try small changes and notice what shifts. People working with Jill can expect a respectful, nonjudgmental tone. She emphasizes collaboration and practical steps for managing emotions, sleeping problems, self-esteem, career concerns, and ADHD-related challenges.
Her aim is steady, usable progress over time.
Online approaches that meet you where you are
Jill often draws on client-centered therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and mindfulness work in online sessions. Client-centered therapy means the conversation begins with listening and following the person's concerns, which helps shape goals and next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety, depression, or sleeping problems. Mindfulness therapy uses brief exercises and attention training to reduce stress and improve emotional regulation.Choosing an approach is part of the work together. Jill collaborates with each person to figure out which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. She regularly adjusts techniques based on what is helping and what isn’t, so the plan can change over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and a more conversational session. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text options work well for quick reflections, journaling prompts, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options aim to make therapy more flexible for busy schedules and different comfort levels.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English