About Jill
Jill Rountree welcomes people who are overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or major life changes. She presents a calm, straightforward style and focuses on helping clients find practical ways to feel steadier. Jill uses clear explanations and hands-on tools so people can try new skills between sessions.
Jill is a Licensed Master Social Worker, LMSW, with ten years of experience. She has worked in correctional facilities, outpatient care, and integrated health settings.
How Jill works
Her background includes supporting people through trauma, substance use, mood concerns, and adjustment challenges. In sessions she centers the client's perspective and priorities. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to look at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact.
She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy to build mindfulness and distress-tolerance skills, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for processing past trauma when that fits the client's goals. Jill trained in sociology at the University of Michigan and earned her Master of Social Work from Wayne State University in Detroit.
She now lives in Northern Michigan near Traverse City and brings experience from both urban and rural practice settings. Outside of therapy she teaches yoga and enjoys cooking, reading, and time outdoors with her children and animals. Many clients find her practical suggestions and steady presence helpful when they are adjusting to change or working through pain.
Jill lists 7 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
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
How Jill’s approaches fit online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the client's goals and values. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps clients set practical goals. This approach helps when decisions feel confusing or when someone wants a plan that fits their life.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. Jill uses it to help people spot unhelpful thinking and try different actions to reduce anxiety or low mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches mindfulness, emotion regulation, and distress-tolerance skills that are useful when feelings feel intense.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Jill will talk with each person about goals and preferences and suggest methods that match those needs. Plans can change as progress is made, and the therapist checks in regularly to adjust strategies together.
Online sessions can include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits the day. Live chat and text messaging let people use shorter, more frequent exchanges and can be used between longer sessions for quick support and skill practice.
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