About Jill
Jill Wasserman uses client-centered care as the foundation of her approach. She focuses on practical strategies for stress, anxiety, depression, and addictions while keeping conversations grounded and straightforward. Jill is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, who works to make sessions feel respectful and compassionate from the first meeting.
Jill mixes client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral techniques to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and build new coping habits. She also draws on elements of dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills.
How Jill works
Sessions aim to be collaborative and focused on goals the client finds meaningful. Her background includes eight years of professional experience providing counseling in Michigan. Over that time she has supported people facing mood disorders, bipolar symptoms, and co-occurring substance use concerns.
Jill also addresses issues such as trauma, grief, parenting stress, anger, self-esteem, and problems linked to impulsivity. She offers practical tools for conditions like obsessive-compulsive tendencies, panic attacks, social anxiety, and process addictions including gambling or exercise concerns. Jill pays attention to how guilt, shame, and issues around identity or immigration can affect daily functioning.
Her work emphasizes clear steps, repeated practice, and checking in on what helps. People who meet with Jill can expect straightforward conversation, concrete skill-building, and a plan shaped to their life. She encourages small, manageable changes and helps track progress over time.
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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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Co-morbidity
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How Jill's Approach Translates to Online Therapy
Client-centered therapy centers on listening, empathy, and following the client's lead to set goals and pace. In an online session that means conversations that start with what matters most to the client and a focus on practical next steps they can try between meetings.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and change the behaviors that keep problems going. Online CBT with Jill focuses on short exercises, thought records, and homework that can be completed between video or text sessions to build new habits.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, offers concrete skills for regulating emotions and managing distress. When used online, DBT materials, coaching in skills such as mindfulness and distress tolerance, and regular check-ins help people practice tools in everyday situations.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Jill will discuss goals, preferences, and what methods feel most useful, and then tailor sessions accordingly. That collaborative process helps shape whether more CBT, DBT skills work, or client-centered exploration is emphasized.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people work face to face when schedules allow, phone sessions can fit a shorter break or lower bandwidth, and messaging or live chat supports brief check-ins or ongoing skill support. These options provide flexibility so therapy can fit into busy lives and different communication styles.
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