About Jill
Jill Chestang uses a client-centered approach to guide people through stress, anxiety, grief, and life changes. She focuses on practical skills and clear goals so people can notice steady progress. Jill is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, with 12 years of experience in Michigan.
Jill listens closely and adapts conversations to each person's needs. She helps identify what someone wants to change and builds step-by-step plans to get there. Sessions emphasize skill-building, emotional regulation, and small, achievable practices.
How Jill works
Her work draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts and replace them with more balanced thinking. She also uses dialectical behavior ideas to teach coping skills for intense emotions and stress. Solution-focused methods keep sessions practical and goal-oriented.
Jill supports people facing midlife shifts, divorce and separation, and questions about life purpose. She also helps with workplace stress, money worries, isolation and issues tied to aging. She addresses multicultural concerns and the effects of prejudice and discrimination when those topics come up.
People can expect straightforward guidance on managing depression, low self-esteem, guilt, and shame. Jill pays attention to seasonal mood changes like SAD and to the particular challenges young adults face. The aim is steady skill growth and clearer next steps.
Her style is respectful and nonjudgmental. Jill invites collaboration and celebrates progress as clients try new ways of coping and relating to themselves and others.
Jill lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Jill works with
The areas below are the ones Jill selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
How client-centered approaches work online
Jill combines client-centered care with cognitive behavioral and solution-focused techniques to help people manage difficult feelings and make concrete changes. Client-centered work means conversations center on the person's goals and experience, with the therapist listening and responding to what matters most. Cognitive behavioral methods look at unhelpful thought patterns and teach practical tools to change them, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. Solution-focused techniques keep sessions directed toward specific steps and small measurable gains.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Jill works collaboratively to find what fits each person's needs, goals, and preferences. Together they try strategies, check what helps, and adjust the plan so therapy stays useful and relevant.
Online work is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video sessions let you use visual cues and more full conversations. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is preferred. Live chat or text-based messaging can suit people who want more frequent brief touchpoints or who communicate better in writing. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and different routines.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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