Jill Hazell, LCSW

Jill Hazell is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with more than 20 years of experience supporting children, adolescents, and adults affected by trauma and a wide range of life challenges. She has worked directly with child abuse and trauma victims and currently practices in a middle school setting, bringing practical experience with bullying, abuse, and school-related stress into her clinical work. Over the course of her career she has supported people facing depression, anxiety, relationship struggles, ADHD, sexual trauma, and emotional abuse.

Her counseling style is relaxed and approachable; she is described as supportive, caring, and compassionate, with a ready sense of humor. She emphasizes identifying each person’s strengths and building on them to navigate obstacles and enhance well-being. Jill seeks to create a space where clients can be open and honest without fear of judgment and collaborates with them to tailor conversation and treatment plans to specific needs.

Her clinical approach blends cognitive-behavioral techniques, client-centered principles, solution focused strategies, and mindfulness practices to address concerns ranging from grief and caregiver stress to mood disorders and relationship issues. Jill encourages clients to take the first steps toward change and offers steady support aimed at helping individuals become their best selves.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Jill Hazell

Jill Hazell draws on a mix of practical approaches to support clients in an online format. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and encourages actions based on personal values - it can be useful for stress, anxiety, and life transitions. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a warm, nonjudgmental relationship where the therapist listens deeply and follows the client’s lead, which is helpful for building self-esteem and navigating relational concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and related struggles.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Jill collaborates with each person to determine which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences, and licensed professionals may adapt techniques over time as circumstances change. This collaborative stance helps clients feel involved in planning their care.

Online therapy with Jill is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility and accessibility. These options make it easier to schedule appointments around school, work, or caregiving responsibilities and to continue therapy when in-person meetings are difficult. The variety of formats allows clients to choose the way of working that feels most comfortable and practical for them.