Susan "Jill" Hedges, LPCC

Susan "Jill" Hedges is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and a Licensed Professional Art Therapist practicing in Kentucky. With 16 years of experience, she has worked with individuals facing anxiety, depression, medical trauma, post-traumatic stress, ADHD, autism spectrum concerns, bereavement and grief. She combines professional training in evidence-based approaches with expressive therapies to address both symptoms and deeper personal meaning.

Her orientation is humanistic and client-centered - she emphasizes respect for each person and confidence in their capacity to grow, change and endure. She uses a strengths-based frame to help clients identify resources and practical steps forward, and she integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when appropriate for structured skill-building and symptom relief. Expressive and art-informed techniques are offered as complementary tools to access emotion, narrative and healing in ways words alone may not capture.

Susan prioritizes building a welcoming therapeutic relationship that allows communication and movement within the work, offering sustained acceptance while guiding clients toward tangible goals and improved coping. Her practice blends professional training, compassion and creative methods to support people through life transitions, trauma recovery, parenting and family concerns, and the search for purpose and meaning.

Therapeutic approaches and online care with Susan "Jill" Hedges

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify their values and build a meaningful life while learning practical skills to relate differently to difficult thoughts and feelings. It is useful for anxiety, depression and life transitions where greater psychological flexibility is the goal.

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationships and patterns that began in early caregiving. It helps clients explore how those patterns affect present-day connections, parenting and emotional safety, and it can be especially helpful for adoption, foster care and blended family issues.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a compassionate, nonjudgmental relationship in which the therapist listens deeply and follows the client’s lead. This approach supports self-exploration, self-esteem and long-term personal growth and pairs well with more structured techniques when needed.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process - Susan "Jill" Hedges works collaboratively with each person to select and adapt methods based on needs, goals and personal preferences. Sessions may combine approaches and evolve as progress is made.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit care into a busy schedule or to connect across distances. Licensed professionals can provide the same relational work and therapeutic tools remotely, allowing clients to access consistent support from wherever they are.