About Jill
Jill Holmes-Brown is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of experience supporting people who are dealing with stress and anxiety. She also helps with relationship strain, grief, depression, addictions, parenting concerns, and other life changes. Jill meets people where they are and focuses on building trust and simple, practical steps forward.
Jill earned her master’s degree from the University of Connecticut in 1998 and has worked across settings with individuals and groups.
Background and approach
She emphasizes a non-judgmental stance and centers the therapeutic relationship as the starting point for change. Sessions move at a client’s pace and stay focused on what feels most useful in day-to-day life. Her work often addresses attachment and abandonment concerns, communication problems, blended family challenges, and patterns like codependency or commitment worries.
She uses straightforward tools to help with sleeping, eating, anger, self-esteem, and coping with career shifts or bipolar mood challenges. Mindfulness skills and behavior-focused strategies are commonly part of the process. Jill aims to bring compassion and cultural awareness into each conversation.
She pays attention to each person’s background and tailors her approach to fit individual needs. The goal is to make progress that can be noticed between sessions. Therapy is offered through multiple formats including video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Jill supports people in Connecticut and conducts sessions in English. To begin, she asks people to share a bit about themselves so scheduling and fit can be discussed.
How Jill Uses Practical Approaches Online
Jill commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy to help people manage anxiety and stress. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new, practical behaviors to reduce distress. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to help calm the body and notice difficult feelings without reacting.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. Jill will talk with each person about their goals, daily routines, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide whether to emphasize skills training, thought work, or short solution-focused steps and adjust the plan as things change.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect that fit different needs. Video calls let a therapist and client work visually, phone sessions require less bandwidth, live chat allows quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or school while still using the same CBT and mindfulness techniques.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English
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