- Goal focused
- Warm listening
- Practical skills
About Jill
Jill Dutra is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship strain, low self esteem, grief, and life transitions. Jill aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about what matters most to them.
She has seven years of clinical experience in community counseling and in juvenile justice mental health settings. That work involved adolescents and their families with substance use and related challenges. Jill has also worked in independent practice with individuals and couples and has run motivational groups for women.
In sessions she blends Client-Centered, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Solution-Focused methods. Conversations are shaped around what the client wants to change, with practical steps and skills to try between meetings. She adapts plans so they fit a person’s real life and goals.
Jill focuses on issues such as trauma and abuse, post-traumatic stress, eating and body-image concerns, anger, career stress, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses abandonment, blended family stress, communication problems, divorce and separation, and loneliness.
Her style is straightforward and supportive. Jill encourages clear goals, small experiments, and steady progress. If someone is ready to start therapy, she asks them to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a session.
She has seven years of clinical experience in community counseling and in juvenile justice mental health settings. That work involved adolescents and their families with substance use and related challenges. Jill has also worked in independent practice with individuals and couples and has run motivational groups for women.
In sessions she blends Client-Centered, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Solution-Focused methods. Conversations are shaped around what the client wants to change, with practical steps and skills to try between meetings. She adapts plans so they fit a person’s real life and goals.
Jill focuses on issues such as trauma and abuse, post-traumatic stress, eating and body-image concerns, anger, career stress, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses abandonment, blended family stress, communication problems, divorce and separation, and loneliness.
Her style is straightforward and supportive. Jill encourages clear goals, small experiments, and steady progress. If someone is ready to start therapy, she asks them to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a session.