Jill Duffy, LCSW

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 her approaches translate to online sessions