About Jill
Jill Markowitz is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor who has practiced for five years. She works with people experiencing anxiety, depression, grief, and life transitions. Jill also has experience supporting members of the LGBT community and those coping with trauma and addiction.
She presents as warm and straightforward and aims to make therapy understandable and useful. Jill’s style centers on listening first. She offers a judgment-free space where clients can talk about thoughts and feelings.
Background and approach
Early sessions focus on learning what matters most to the client and naming goals together. Jill believes clients are the experts on their own lives and uses that knowledge to shape treatment. Practical tools are a core part of her approach.
She teaches skills people can use between sessions to manage stress, ease anxiety, and handle difficult moments. Progress is framed as a process that takes time and small steps rather than overnight change. Jill prepares clients for honest work, including times when difficult truths come up.
She frames those moments as part of growth and problem solving. The aim is clearer understanding and improved mental and emotional balance. Her work covers a broad range of concerns such as self-esteem, relationships, parenting challenges, eating and mood disorders, ADHD, and career stress.
Sessions focus on what clients want to change and on building practical strategies they can carry forward.
How Jill Uses Evidence-Based Techniques Online
Jill draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One commonly used approach helps people learn skills to manage worry, reduce stress, and break down overwhelming problems into smaller steps. Another approach focuses on identifying patterns in thoughts and behaviors and trying different strategies to shift unhelpful habits and improve mood. These methods are pragmatic and aimed at creating tools clients can use day to day.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jill treats therapy as a collaboration and will discuss which techniques match a person’s needs and goals. She adjusts methods over time, based on how a client responds and what fits their preferences and life situation.
Online therapy with Jill offers flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions are a good option when lower bandwidth or no camera is preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, skill practice, and ongoing connection between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to get help from Connecticut without commuting.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- New York, Connecticut
- Languages
- English
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