Jill Jaster

Jill Jaster is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 22 years of experience. She approaches therapy as a partnership, listening first and working together to set goals. Jill focuses on issues like anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and relationship strain. She also helps people facing mood disorders, panic, and concerns related to narcissism. Her sessions aim to feel grounded and practical. Jill uses client-centered work to follow the client's lead and build trust. She also applies cognitive behavioral techniques to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Existential and Jungian ideas are woven in when exploring meaning, identity, and recurring life patterns. Jill emphasizes a calm, respectful space where people can talk through painful memories and current stressors. She supports those coping with life transitions, caregiver stress, body image worries, and sexual assault recovery. Work often includes learning simple skills for managing panic and mood shifts. Therapy with Jill is collaborative and paced to the person. She helps people name their strengths and take small steps toward change. Sessions can include mindfulness practices that reduce reactivity and increase present-moment clarity. People who choose Jill often want a no-judgment listener who also offers practical tools. She aims to balance empathy with actionable strategies so clients can move forward at their own pace.

How Jill's approaches guide online therapy

Client-centered therapy focuses on building a trusting relationship and following the person's lead. In practice this means the therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps the client set goals that feel manageable. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at linkages between thoughts, feelings, and actions and introduces small experiments to test new ways of coping. These methods can be helpful for anxiety, panic, and mood concerns. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus, which supports stress and trauma recovery. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Jill will talk with the person about goals and preferences, then try approaches that fit. That collaborative process helps adjust techniques over time so sessions stay useful and relevant. Confirm the available session formats before booking. When arrangements are set, online therapy can make it easier to fit care into a busy life, such as shorter check-ins during a break or avoiding travel time to an office. It can also allow continued contact through transitions like relocation. Speak with Jill during the matching process to learn which session options she currently offers and what will best fit your schedule and needs.