Jill Hazzard , LMHC

Jill Hazzard is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with 35 years of experience. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy concerns, and other life transitions. Jill focuses on clear, practical steps so clients can feel steadier and more able to cope. Jill uses a respectful, compassionate style. She listens first and tailors conversations to each person's needs. Her work often centers on helping people manage strong emotions, rebuild confidence, and make realistic changes in daily life. She draws from several well-known approaches, including client-centered methods that prioritize the person's perspective and cognitive behavioral ideas that look at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior. Dialectical behavior techniques are used when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed. Jill has long experience addressing family and parenting strain without assuming traditional family therapy. She helps individuals handle family conflict, blended family issues, caregiver stress, and the practical fallout of separation or divorce. She also supports people coping with grief, trauma, mood differences, and neurodiversity concerns such as autism and ADHD. Sessions tend to be straightforward and goal oriented. Jill collaborates on a plan that fits daily life, whether the focus is on reducing anxiety, improving relationships, managing mood swings, or handling work and caregiving demands.

How Jill’s approaches translate to online therapy

Client-centered work focuses on the person's experience and goals. In practice this means the therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps clients make choices that fit their life. This approach helps with stress, relationship concerns, and feeling understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and actions. It uses simple, practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, which can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers skills for regulating strong emotions and tolerating distress. These skills are useful for intense mood swings, anger, and relationship stress. Deciding which approach to use is a team effort. The therapist will review concerns, try strategies, and adjust methods based on what helps most. That collaborative process makes it easier to find techniques that fit a person's goals and daily routine. Online therapy offers flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging can support ongoing reflection between sessions or suit people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, and busy lives.