About Jill
Jill Sherwood uses a practical, client-centered approach to help people make real change in their lives. She is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in Iowa with six years of professional experience. Jill focuses on clear, achievable steps rather than jargon or complicated methods.
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, trauma, and relationship or intimacy concerns. Jill also supports those coping with sleep problems, parenting strain, anger, low self-esteem, bipolar symptoms, and major life transitions.
Background and approach
She brings calm, straightforward guidance to these issues. In session she blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and client-centered techniques. Jill uses practical exercises, mindful skills, and goal-setting so clients can try new ways of handling thoughts and feelings.
She adapts methods to match each person’s needs and pace. Her background includes work in non-profit, residential, and clinical settings where she ran groups and offered individual support. That work shaped her ability to help people with complex challenges and co-occurring issues like chronic pain or addiction.
Jill aims to make therapy a collaborative process focused on clear progress. People who choose Jill can expect straightforward conversation, steady support, and a focus on what will help day to day. She encourages small steps that add up to lasting change.
How Jill’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes because it focuses on small, values-based steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses practical exercises to change patterns that cause distress. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and empathy so the person feels understood and can lead the pace of change.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Jill will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together the client and therapist decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made, keeping the process collaborative and flexible.
Online sessions are available via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is good for deeper conversation, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits brief check-ins, and messaging lets people share thoughts between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep progress moving forward.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Iowa
- Languages
- English