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Jill Duffy

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Jill Duffy, LCSW

North Carolina

Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Anger and Trauma issues

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Key details

  • CredentialsLCSW
  • LicenseLCSW, North Carolina / C005761
  • NPI1215514708
  • Experience14 years
  • LanguagesEnglish
  • LocationNorth Carolina

About

  • Client-centered care
  • CBT techniques
  • Mindfulness practice

About Jill

Jill Duffy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in North Carolina with 14 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, parenting challenges, grief, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, and related issues. Jill also supports people dealing with addiction, ADHD, career strain, and self-esteem struggles.

Her background includes long-term work in social services, mental health, education, and nonprofit settings. Jill uses practical, skills-based methods in sessions. She talks through what is happening now, teaches coping tools, and helps clients make stepwise changes they can apply right away.

Jill draws on Client-Centered Therapy to keep the person’s own goals central. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot patterns of thinking that increase stress. Mindfulness practices and Solution-Focused techniques are used to build short-term strategies and present-moment awareness.

She takes a trauma-informed view that recognizes how the body and nervous system react to stress. That perspective shapes how she introduces skills, especially when someone has experienced abuse, domestic violence, or other traumatic events. Jill can include advocacy or community referrals when additional supports are needed.

Sessions emphasize collaboration and concrete tools rather than abstract theory. Jill encourages video when possible because she finds it helps with connection, and she involves clients in setting goals and steps for change. The work is practical and directed toward reducing day-to-day distress and improving coping skills.

How sessions work

How her approaches translate to online sessions

Jill commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on the client’s goals and preferences and supports people in defining what they want to change. That approach helps when someone wants practical help with anger, relationships, or parenting conflicts.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and teach concrete tools to reduce reactivity and improve mood. Mindfulness techniques are used to build awareness of physical and emotional reactions, which can make it easier to interrupt automatic responses to stress.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Jill collaborates with clients to match methods to their goals, needs, and comfort level. She checks what is working and adjusts the plan over time so sessions stay relevant and useful.

The biography notes a preference for video because it supports connection during sessions. The profile does not list other session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time - practical benefits that help therapy fit into everyday life.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsParenting issuesSelf esteem

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesDepressionCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Blended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationDomestic violenceFamily problemsFirst responder issuesGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameMood disordersMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPost-traumatic stressSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

14+ years

Listed in

North Carolina

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, parenting, grief, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, addictions, ADHD, and related issues.

What is her general approach in sessions?

Her style is client-centered and practical. She uses skills training, talking through current problems, and stepwise plans that clients can try between sessions.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 14 years of experience as a clinician working across social services, mental health, education, and nonprofit settings.

What credential and location information should I know?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in North Carolina.

Which languages are supported and can international clients join?

Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.

What session formats are available?

The original biography mentions a preference for video to support connection. Confirm current session options before booking to know which formats are provided.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What should I do to begin working with her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.

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