Jill Chism
Calm, practical support for everyday challenges
About Jill
Jill Chism is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom. She holds BACP registration, and has three years of professional experience. Jill focuses on practical support for everyday struggles so people can feel steadier and more able to cope.
She helps with stress and anxiety by talking through what is happening day to day and finding small changes that make a difference. Relationship and intimacy-related issues are a common focus, with attention on communication and rebuilding trust or closeness.
Background and approach
Jill also supports people working on self-esteem, motivation and confidence. Jill offers help for life transitions and routine challenges, such as sleep patterns, diet concerns and self-image worries. She has additional experience with attachment issues, autism and Asperger Syndrome, avoidant and dependent personality patterns, and body image concerns.
Jill also works with people affected by cancer, chronic pain, illness and disability, and caregiver stress. Her work covers a wide range of difficulties including codependency, commitment and control issues, communication problems, divorce and separation, and eating or food-related issues. She has encountered disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD) in her practice and can talk through strategies related to mood regulation.
The practical focus is on helping people find manageable steps that fit their life. Sessions are conversational and collaborative. Jill aims to create an open, non-judgemental space where thoughts and feelings can be shared.
She supports clients as they take the first steps towards change and clearer goals.
What Jill works with
Sessions & fees
Approaches that help online and in conversation
Jill uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach she uses is structured problem-solving, which helps people break down worries into manageable steps and try small behavioural changes that reduce stress and boost confidence. This works well for sleep, routine, and day-to-day anxiety issues.She also draws on relational and attachment-informed ways of working to look at connection and communication. These approaches help when intimacy, trust or recurring patterns in relationships are causing distress. The focus is on noticing patterns and trying new ways of interacting in small, testable steps.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss different methods with the client and agree on what feels most useful. That choice is collaborative and may change as needs and goals become clearer.
Online sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different days and schedules. Video calls are close to face-to-face and suit longer therapy sessions, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text-based messaging can be useful for shorter check-ins or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily life, while still following a structured, evidence-based approach.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
