About Jill
Jill Skelton is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in New York with 15 years of clinical experience. She uses a collaborative, client-centered style to help people manage relationship and family concerns, parenting stress, mood symptoms, and addiction-related problems. Jill focuses on practical support and steady guidance during life transitions and crises.
Her work draws on several evidence-based approaches, including cognitive behavioral techniques and motivational interviewing. She also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns that come from family of origin and attachment issues.
How Jill works
Sessions often combine skill-building with opportunities to reflect on emotional habits and long-standing relationship dynamics. Jill has extensive experience in psychiatric settings and has served as a clinical supervisor. That background informs her ability to recognize common mood and behavioral patterns such as bipolar disorder and depression, and to support people through both short-term problems and ongoing concerns.
She pays attention to how anger, stress, money, and career pressures affect daily life. People who work with her can expect a respectful and nonjudgmental tone. She aims to create a warm environment where clients feel heard and can try new ways of handling conflicts and communication problems.
Jill helps people set practical goals, explore attachment patterns, and address drug and alcohol addiction when it affects functioning. Sessions can address intimacy challenges, self-esteem struggles, pregnancy and childbirth concerns, and parenting strain. Her approach is flexible and tailored to each person's needs, combining direct problem-solving with deeper emotional work.
Jill lists 5 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.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Online approaches that combine skills and reflection
Jill frequently uses client-centered therapy, which centers the session on the person’s priorities and personal strengths. This approach is about listening closely, validating experiences, and helping people set their own goals for change.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and for managing mood shifts. Motivational interviewing is another tool she uses to clarify values and strengthen motivation for change, commonly applied when addressing substance use or other habits someone wants to change.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Jill will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and the problems they want to solve. That decision is revisited as treatment progresses so care stays aligned with changing needs.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video lets people use face-to-face conversation; phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can suit quick updates, ongoing coaching, or when someone prefers writing their thoughts. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and different routines.
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