About Jill
Jill Sexton is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. She works with adults and adolescents on relationship and parenting concerns, trauma, grief, and mood struggles. Her style is calm and relatable, aimed at helping people feel understood and take practical next steps.
Jill has 18 years of experience as a counselor in Alabama. She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Auburn University and a master's degree in community counseling from Auburn University Montgomery.
Background and approach
Her background includes many years supporting people through adoption-related concerns, attachment issues, and family of origin problems. In sessions she listens first, then helps clients name how past experiences affect current reactions. She helps people identify triggers, practice new ways of responding, and set small, realistic goals.
She draws on tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to teach coping skills and shift unhelpful thought patterns. Jill also uses approaches that focus on emotions and attachment to repair relationships and increase connection. When people bring burnout, compassion fatigue, or career stress, she works with them to rebuild routine and boundaries.
She supports those facing life transitions and loss with steady, practical guidance. Her work includes attention to ADHD, mood disorders such as bipolar and depression, and concerns around identity and LGBT topics. Jill aims to tailor each session to the person's needs and to partner with them in finding useful, achievable steps forward.
How Jill Uses Therapy Approaches Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to values-driven actions. It can help with anxiety, stress, and decisions about life direction by focusing on what matters most and taking small steps toward it.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. It teaches practical strategies to challenge negative thinking and build new habits that reduce anxiety and improve mood.
Attachment-Based approaches focus on how early relationships shape current patterns. These methods are useful for improving communication, addressing abandonment or attachment issues, and strengthening close connections.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Jill works together with each person to decide which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative planning makes sessions more useful and personal.
Online therapy offers flexibility to fit counseling into busy lives. Video calls let people see facial cues and do deeper work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text messaging provide brief, ongoing support between sessions and can help maintain momentum during the week.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English
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