Jill Benson, LCSW-C

Jill Benson is a licensed clinical social worker with 13 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and the fallout from trauma. She offers calm, practical support and helps clients find clearer ways to handle relationship strain and intense emotions. Her style is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at making change feel achievable in everyday life.

Jill focuses on issues many people face across long-term life changes, including aging concerns, chronic illness and pain, and the emotional strain of divorce or blended family situations. She also addresses feelings of shame, isolation, jealousy, and problems with money or life purpose. Sessions center on whatever is most pressing for the person sitting in front of her.

Her practice blends client-centered listening with mindfulness and narrative techniques to help people notice patterns, locate strengths, and try small shifts that add up. She also uses solution-focused and trauma-informed methods when those approaches match a client’s needs. Jill encourages practical skills alongside reflection so progress can be measured week to week.

Jill holds an LCSW-C in Maryland and has spent over a decade working with adults through transitions and loss. She seeks to create a respectful, non-judgmental environment where people can tell their stories, test new kinds of thinking, and develop better ways to cope.

To begin, she asks people to identify a few reachable goals and then shapes sessions around those priorities. The aim is steady, realistic progress rather than quick fixes, with attention to emotional safety and long-term resilience.

How Jill’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and following the client’s lead. It helps people feel heard, clarify goals, and build confidence to try new behaviors. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and manage anxiety, which can be useful when stress feels overwhelming. Narrative therapy invites clients to tell and rewrite the stories that shape their emotions and relationships, helping them identify alternatives to limiting patterns.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try methods that fit those needs, and adjust the plan based on what helps. This ongoing collaboration makes it easier to match techniques like mindfulness or narrative work to the problems someone brings to sessions.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered. Online work can make therapy easier to fit into life by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and letting people join from different locations. It can also make some tools, such as guided mindfulness exercises and story-based homework, simpler to practice between meetings. Licensed professionals can adapt these approaches to suit your schedule and goals.