About Jill
Jill Sherwood is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) in Iowa with six years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people facing anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, trauma, and relationship or family concerns. Her approach is practical and direct, aimed at small steps that add up over time.
Jill draws on several evidence-based approaches to tailor work to each person's needs. She uses cognitive behavioral strategies to identify unhelpful thoughts and build new habits.
Background and approach
She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people clarify values and take meaningful action. EMDR-informed techniques are part of her toolbox for processing traumatic memories. Clients can expect a warm, nonjudgmental style and straightforward feedback.
Sessions involve talking through problems, practicing new skills, and setting manageable goals. Jill often blends skill building with reflective work about values and relationships. Her background includes nonprofit, residential, and clinical practice settings.
She has experience facilitating groups and working alongside systems such as corrections and child welfare while supporting people through life changes. This variety informs a flexible, practical way of working. Jill helps people cope with a wide range of concerns beyond mood and anxiety, including sleep problems, parenting strain, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and intimacy or communication issues.
She aims to support clients in finding more stability, clearer direction, and healthier patterns. Therapy sessions are offered in English and can be scheduled in formats that fit different lifestyles. Jill meets people where they are and works collaboratively to build a plan that fits each person’s goals.
How therapeutic approaches fit into online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice their thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and making life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and trying new behaviors to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. It is commonly used for anxiety, mood concerns, and sleep problems. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)-informed methods address disturbing memories by guiding attention while processing past events; they can help with trauma-related symptoms.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they will try methods that fit and adjust the plan as needed in a collaborative way.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for brief updates, coping skills practice, or when writing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep continuity when life gets unpredictable.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- 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
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