- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Smoking cessation
About Jill
Jill Longshore is a South Carolina licensed independent social worker with the LISW-CP credential and 24 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship problems, trauma and depression. She also focuses on issues tied to adoption and foster care, aging, and isolation.
Jill uses straightforward conversation and practical skills to help people manage day-to-day problems. She listens for what’s causing pain and helps people try different ways of handling it. Sessions often include learning coping strategies for anxiety, planning steps to address substance use, and talking through relationship patterns.
Her background spans work with addiction, family concerns, and age-related issues. That experience informs how she supports someone who feels stuck after a breakup, overwhelmed at work, or lonely after a life change. She draws on techniques that are known to help with depression and trauma recovery.
People can expect a collaborative approach focused on clear goals and small, achievable steps. Jill helps clients spot unhelpful habits and build practical alternatives. She also works on communication skills and managing control or dependent personality patterns when those come up.
Her practice includes attention to seasonal mood shifts, smoking or vaping cessation, and care for first responders and others with high-stress jobs. Sessions are conducted in English and follow the professional standards of her South Carolina credential.
How evidence-based techniques are used online
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques often include approaches that focus on changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, and methods that process traumatic memories in manageable steps. Cognitive-style work teaches ways to notice and reframe anxious or negative thoughts and teaches practical coping skills for stress and mood issues.Behavioral strategies focus on changing actions that keep problems going. These can include breaking down goals into small tasks, building routines to manage depression or seasonal mood shifts, and step-by-step plans for reducing substance use or quitting smoking and vaping.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick techniques that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying methods, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together rather than assuming one way will fit everyone.
Confirm the available session formats before booking because the biography did not list formats. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example, they can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins during a workday, or remove the need to be on camera when bandwidth is limited. Talk with the therapist about practical arrangements and which session structure will best match daily routines and goals.
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Experience
24+ years
Listed in
South Carolina
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She supports adults with stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship issues, trauma, and depression, plus related areas like isolation and communication problems.
How would she describe her approach?
Her style is collaborative and practical, using conversation and skill-building to address immediate concerns and daily coping.
How much experience does she have?
She has 24 years of clinical experience working in South Carolina settings with a range of concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the LISW-CP credential and practices in South Carolina.
Does she see people in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer?
The original biography did not list specific session formats; confirm current session options before booking.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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