About Jill
Jill Hazell is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who brings 20 years of experience to her work. She keeps sessions relaxed and straightforward. She helps people facing anxiety, depression, parenting stress, trauma, and relationship struggles.
Her aim is to help clients build on strengths and find practical ways forward. Jill has worked in many settings, including with child abuse and trauma survivors and in a middle school. She has supported people dealing with ADHD, bullying, sexual trauma, grief, and mood disorders.
Background and approach
Her background includes helping those coping with first responder stress, caregiver burden, and life transitions. Her style blends practical strategies with a warm, down-to-earth manner. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and to try new habits.
She pairs that with client-centered listening so each person sets the pace and priorities. Mindfulness and acceptance ideas are woven into sessions to help manage stress and strong emotions. Jill focuses on strengths and small, achievable steps.
She works with each client to create a plan that fits their daily life and goals. People meet Jill for many reasons - improving self-esteem, handling trauma, managing bipolar or depression, or navigating separation and divorce. She accepts international clients and offers flexible session formats to suit different needs.
How Jill’s approaches work online
Jill uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT is practical and often focuses on small changes that reduce anxiety and lift mood. She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy, which means she listens closely and follows the client’s pace so work happens at a comfortable speed.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Jill will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then shape sessions around what seems most helpful. That collaborative decision-making keeps work focused and relevant to daily life.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit varied schedules. Video helps keep a face-to-face feel when people can use it. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can work well for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging let people check in between calls or use therapy in brief, flexible ways. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving routines and support ongoing progress without long disruptions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Compassion fatigue
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English