- Years in practice
- 25
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- New York
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Jill
Jill McCabe is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York with 25 years of clinical experience. She offers a calm, direct style that helps parents and adults handle stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and the day-to-day strain of raising children. Jill focuses on practical steps parents can try right away to improve routines and reduce conflict at home.
She commonly helps people dealing with depression, grief, sleep problems, and career strain.
Background and approach
Jill also works with those facing trauma, emotional abuse, addiction in a loved one, and relationship challenges including divorce and blended family issues. Parenting is a clear focus and she supports parents managing behavior, transitions, and boundaries. Jill blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral tools and mindfulness exercises.
She uses clear, collaborative planning to set goals and try small changes between sessions. Her sessions tend to be interactive and geared toward skills you can practice at home. Across a long career she has supported people through major life changes, chronic illness, caregiving burdens, and attachment concerns.
She also brings experience helping with adoption and foster care questions, abandonment themes, and codependency patterns. People who choose Jill usually want a respectful, nonjudgmental therapist who offers straightforward strategies and reflection. She pairs practical coping techniques with deeper exploration when that feels useful.
The result is a balanced approach that keeps immediate family needs in view while addressing longer-term patterns.
What Jill works with
Everything Jill lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Jill helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Jill lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online support for parents
Jill often uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online sessions. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening with respect and helping people find their own solutions, which can be useful when parents need space to clarify values and goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills for managing anxiety, low mood, or difficult parenting moments.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Jill works collaboratively with each person to decide which methods feel useful and to set small, realistic goals. She adjusts plans over time based on what is working and what isn’t, so the work matches the client’s needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility for busy parents. Video calls allow for a full face-to-face conversation when more depth is needed. Phone sessions are a simpler option when internet bandwidth is limited or a camera isn’t convenient. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, quick skill reminders, and ongoing accountability between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a tight schedule and to practice new approaches in real time.
Questions people ask about Jill
What concerns can Jill help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, parenting challenges, grief, trauma, addictions, relationship issues, and career strain, among other areas listed in her profile.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is warm and interactive, combining client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness practices to create practical plans for change.
How much experience does she have?
She has 25 years of experience working as a therapist with people facing a wide range of life challenges and transitions.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, NY LMHC, practicing in New York.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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