Jillyan Schmidt, LIMHP

Attachment-informed and practical approaches delivered online

Jillyan uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This approach helps identify repeated responses in relationships and supports learning new ways to connect and feel safer with others. Client-centered work gives people space to tell their stories and feel heard while the therapist follows their lead to set goals.

She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to teach clear skills for managing anxiety, low mood, and unhelpful thinking. Those skills include simple behavioral experiments, thought tracking, and mindfulness exercises to reduce stress and improve daily functioning. Together these approaches help with relationship concerns, parenting strain, trauma recovery, and coping with life changes.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process, and she will collaborate with each person to choose what fits their goals and preferences. Sessions are shaped by the client’s needs and adjusted as progress is made.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow real-time conversation and visual connection, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging make brief check-ins or ongoing support easier, and text-based messaging lets people share thoughts between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or school schedules while using methods that support attachment, coping, and practical change.