- Client-Centered Therapy
- Mindfulness practices
- Narrative and solution work
About Jill
Jill Benson is a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical (LCSW-C) in Maryland with 13 years of clinical experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, and anger. Her work aims to reduce daily overwhelm and improve how people relate to others and themselves.
Jill draws on client-centered methods to keep sessions practical and focused on what matters to the person in front of her. She uses mindfulness practices to help people notice how emotions show up in the body. Narrative and solution-focused tools are brought in to clarify goals and identify small, achievable steps.
She has experience supporting concerns like abandonment, communication problems, chronic illness and pain, divorce and separation, and issues around guilt and shame. Jill also addresses life transitions related to aging and blended family situations. Her background includes long-term work with mood disorders and complicated grief.
In sessions she often combines listening with concrete strategies. That might mean tracing patterns in relationships, practicing grounding skills, or setting short experiments to test different approaches. The emphasis is on skills people can try between meetings so change feels manageable.
Jill provides services in English and practices in Maryland as an LCSW-C. The intake process asks people to describe their main concern and goals so early sessions can focus on what will help most.
How Jill uses therapeutic approaches in online sessions
Jill often blends client-centered work with mindfulness and narrative methods to address anger and related concerns. Client-centered therapy centers on listening and responding to what matters most to the person, helping them name goals and priorities. Mindfulness practices teach simple attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and notice early signs of anger. Narrative techniques look at the stories people tell about themselves and others, and then test different ways of describing situations to reduce blame and build new options.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will work together with the client to decide which methods fit current goals and preferences. That collaboration guides what skills are practiced between sessions and how each meeting is structured.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm the current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow short check-ins when schedules are tight. They also make it practical to practice skills in everyday settings and to review homework between meetings.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
13+ years
Listed in
Maryland
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
Which kinds of anger issues does Jill address?
She works with anger tied to relationships, workplace frustration, persistent resentment, and coping with others' anger.
What style of therapy does she use?
Jill uses client-centered, mindfulness, narrative, solution-focused, and trauma-focused approaches to guide sessions toward practical change.
How much experience informs her practice?
She has 13 years of experience working with a broad set of emotional and interpersonal concerns.
What are her credentials and location?
She is an LCSW-C licensed in Maryland and provides services operating under that credential.
Are sessions available in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions scheduled and paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.