Jill Hazell, LCSW

Jill Hazell is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 20 years of experience. She works with people facing mood and stress-related concerns and helps caregivers manage the strain that comes with looking after others.

She has spent much of her career helping people who have survived trauma, including sexual abuse and child abuse. Jill currently works in a middle school setting and has supported people dealing with depression, anxiety, bullying, ADHD, and relationship difficulties.

Her counseling style is relaxed and direct. She focuses on finding and building on each person's strengths. Sessions involve practical conversation, goal-setting, and simple tools to try between meetings.

Jill integrates several approaches to match a person's needs, including cognitive behavioral ideas, acceptance and commitment perspectives, client-centered listening, and mindfulness techniques. She adapts the plan to the situation rather than using the same method for everyone.

People often come to her for help with caregiver stress, grief, anger, and life transitions. She also offers support for first responder issues, social anxiety, and recovering after traumatic events. Jill emphasizes steady progress and practical steps people can use in daily life.

How Jill’s approaches guide online therapy

Jill uses a mix of methods to help people make changes and cope day to day. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and focus on values-based action rather than getting stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and building on a person’s own strengths to find workable solutions.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Jill will listen to your goals and preferences and suggest ways of working that match what you need. She adapts techniques over time based on what helps you make steady progress.

If you are considering online work, confirm the session options before booking since formats are not specified in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when that suits your schedule. Many people find that practical tools and exercises used in-session transfer well to everyday life, regardless of how meetings are arranged.