Jill Longshore , LISW-CP

Jill Longshore is a licensed social worker with 24 years of clinical experience. She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, trauma and addiction. She also offers support around women's issues and related life transitions.

Her style is warm and straightforward. Sessions focus on practical steps and small, achievable changes. She listens for patterns that keep a person stuck and helps develop new coping habits that fit daily life.

Jill works with concerns such as communication problems, isolation or loneliness, grief around divorce and separation, and substance use challenges. She also supports people facing adoption and foster care issues, aging and geriatric concerns, and first responder-related stress. Her work addresses shame, guilt, and recovery after sexual assault and abuse.

Over two decades of practice inform her approach. She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to tailor care to each person’s needs. Sessions aim to build emotional resilience and improve day-to-day functioning rather than rely on quick fixes.

Jill offers a range of session formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. She is based in South Carolina and practices in English. Her credential is SC LISW-CP, which indicates licensure as an independent social worker with clinical practice recognition in the state.

Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session. The subscription used for sessions can be canceled at any time, and costs vary with location and therapist availability.

Evidence-based approaches and online options

Jill uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques aimed at helping people manage symptoms and build coping skills. Cognitive approaches focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-world experiments to reduce anxiety and depression. Trauma-informed methods attend to safety and pacing while helping people process difficult memories and regain a sense of control.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Jill discusses a person’s history, current concerns, and goals to decide which techniques to try first, and she adjusts methods as work progresses to fit changing needs and preferences.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for many people. Video calls work well for deeper, face-to-face sessions. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share updates, ask quick questions, or do shorter check-ins between longer sessions, making care more flexible around work and family commitments.