About Jill
Jill Sheetz is a Marriage and Family Therapist licensed in California with twenty years of experience in the mental health field. She works with adults who are facing issues such as depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, and substance use.
Background and approach
Jill emphasizes a calm, nonjudgmental approach so people can speak openly about what’s difficult for them. Her style is strength-based and client-centered.
She listens first to understand each person’s story. Then she helps set goals that make sense for daily life and relationships.
Sessions aim to be practical and focused on next steps rather than lengthy theory. Jill uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to help change unhelpful thoughts and to bring more focus to the present moment.
She also draws on motivational interviewing to support people who want to make changes but feel stuck. Solution-focused techniques are used to identify small, achievable shifts that add up over time.
Her background includes working across a range of concerns, including relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, eating and sleeping difficulties, anger and self-esteem struggles, and caregiving stress. Jill also works with people coping with chronic illness, addiction, and major life transitions.
People who do best with her approach tend to want a practical, collaborative pace. They value clear goals and tools they can use between sessions.
Jill’s aim is to help people build skills, regain balance, and move toward more satisfying daily life.
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person without judgment. The therapist follows the client’s lead, reflects what she hears, and helps people make sense of their feelings so they can choose the changes they want.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical tools to challenge unhelpful thoughts and build new coping skills, which can help with anxiety, depression, and behavior change.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jill will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their goals and preferences, trying different methods if needed until something feels useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people see facial cues and use a full-session format. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and texting are useful for brief check-ins, skill practice, and when typing feels more comfortable than talking. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, and other commitments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English