About Jill
Jill Jaster is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 22 years of experience. She centers the work on a respectful partnership where the client leads and the therapist listens. Jill emphasizes building a reliable therapeutic connection so people feel comfortable bringing hard things into the room.
Jill aims to make beginning therapy less scary. She describes starting therapy as a brave act of self-care and works to ease the first steps.
How Jill works
Sessions focus on practical conversation and steady support rather than being told what to do. Her work addresses stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and coping with life changes. She also helps people who struggle with addictions, relationship and family concerns, low self-esteem, and bipolar disorder.
Additional areas Jill pays attention to include abandonment, body image, caregiver stress, life purpose, midlife shifts, mood disorders, narcissistic dynamics, panic, post-traumatic stress, self-love, sexual assault and women’s issues. Jill combines client-centered listening with approaches that include cognitive behavioral ideas, existential reflection, Jungian exploration, and mindfulness practices.
That mix lets her tailor sessions to a person’s needs while staying focused on current concerns and patterns. She brings an empathic, patient pace to the work. People meet with Jill to talk through painful events, change habits, manage intense emotions, or make meaning out of difficult life events.
Her style is straightforward, calm, and collaborative. She helps people find steps they can try between sessions and notices what feels most helpful as the work continues.
Jill lists 6 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
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 22 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Iowa |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Jill blends client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral and mindfulness approaches to guide online sessions. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding so the person feels heard and respected. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors to identify practical steps that reduce distress and change unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple awareness and grounding practices to help manage anxiety, panic, and reactions to traumatic memories.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Jill treats this as a collaborative process where goals, needs, and personal style shape which methods are used. She tries ideas, checks how they land, and adjusts plans as therapy progresses so the approach fits the person rather than the other way around.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and a full-session format, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief updates, processing between sessions, or steady contact when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it possible to keep momentum, fit sessions into a busy life, and try different formats until the best fit is found.
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A practical next step
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