- Stress and anxiety
- Relationship concerns
- Trauma and grief
About Jill
Jill Benson is a Licensed Certified Social Worker in Maryland (LCSW-C) with 13 years of clinical experience. She works with adults who are feeling stuck after changes in work, relationships, or health. Her focus includes stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, and anger, plus related issues such as life purpose, communication problems, and mood concerns.
She uses practical, person-focused methods to help people sort out what matters next. Sessions often involve listening to recent struggles, clarifying priorities, and trying small experiments to test new choices. Jill draws from client-centered, mindfulness, narrative, solution-focused, and trauma-focused ideas when relevant.
Jill has experience supporting people facing abandonment, divorce and separation, blended family tensions, chronic illness and pain, and aging-related questions. She also addresses money and financial stress, isolation or loneliness, guilt and shame, jealousy, and forgiveness concerns. Her work includes talking through day-to-day challenges and longer-term adjustments.
People can expect a straightforward approach that emphasizes clear steps and reflective conversation. She helps people name patterns, practice new ways of coping, and decide on next actions that fit their life. Sessions are conducted in English and Jill does not accept international clients.
Practical matters such as cost vary by location and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session via the site button.
How Jill’s approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what matters to the person. It helps when someone needs to sort priorities, make sense of feelings, or decide what to try next. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and grounding skills to reduce reactivity and manage anxiety and stress in daily life. Narrative Therapy looks at the stories people tell about themselves and helps rewrite unhelpful parts to open new choices and perspectives.Finding the right approach is part of how she works. Jill treats the selection of methods as a collaborative process. She will talk with the client about goals, try approaches that match those goals, and adjust based on what actually helps in week-to-week sessions.
Practical benefits of online sessions include fitting therapy into a busy week and keeping appointments that might otherwise be hard to reach. Because session formats were not specified in the biography, confirm which online options are available before booking. The emphasis is on making sessions fit everyday life so people can try new skills between meetings and bring real situations back to discuss.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
13+ years
Listed in
Maryland
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she focus on?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, and anger, along with related issues like life purpose and communication problems.
How does she approach someone who feels stuck?
Her style is practical and client-centered, using listening, reflection, and small experiments to help people clarify priorities and try new approaches.
What is her clinical background?
She has 13 years of experience practicing as a therapist and draws on a mix of client-centered, mindfulness, narrative, solution-focused, and trauma-focused approaches.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCSW-C licensed in Maryland and practices with that credential in that state.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the system.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.