Therapist profile
Jillian Smith, LMFT
California
LMFT in California - Relationship and mood concerns
Continue with JillianWhere Jillian stands
- Credentials
- LMFT
- License
- LMFT, California / 154335
- NPI
- 1992489512
- Experience
- 10 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- California
About
- Stress and anxiety
- Relationship patterns
- Boundary work
About Jillian
Jillian Smith is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 10 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are stressed, anxious, struggling in relationships, or coping with depression. She also works with people dealing with trauma, abuse, low self-esteem, and motivation issues.
Jillian focuses on straightforward conversations about what is happening now. She invites clients to name what feels hard and to try small experiments between sessions. Sessions tend to be practical and focused on skills you can use in day-to-day life. She pays attention to patterns that repeat in relationships and to how attachment or fears of abandonment show up.
Her background includes supporting people facing caregiving stress, blended family challenges, and complex responses such as dissociation or mood regulation difficulties. She also has experience with concerns related to autism and alternative sexual cultures like BDSM and kink. Jillian listens for what a person wants to change and helps them build clearer boundaries and better communication habits.
People who come for help with codependency often want to stop putting others first at the cost of their own needs. Jillian works on practical steps for saying no, noticing control or dependent patterns, and strengthening a sense of self apart from others. Her approach is direct and grounded in evidence-based techniques applied to everyday problems.
To begin, she asks people to describe their immediate concerns and what they hope to do differently. From there she and the client set short-term goals and track progress in regular sessions.
How sessions work
Approaches that guide online sessions
Jillian uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on symptoms and relationship patterns. One common approach she draws on helps people recognize and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns that feed anxiety and low mood. This approach is practical and works on skills like managing worry, shifting unhelpful thoughts, and practicing new behaviors in everyday situations.Another strand of her work looks at attachment and relational patterns. That approach helps people notice how early relationship habits show up now, especially around abandonment, dependency, or codependent behaviors. It supports clearer boundary-setting and steadier communication in current relationships.
Finding the right method is part of the work. Jillian collaborates with each person to decide which techniques to try first, based on current goals and what feels manageable. She adjusts the plan over time so sessions focus on what helps most.
Confirm available session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, shorten travel time, and allow for quicker check-ins between in-person commitments. Licensed professionals and therapists commonly use online work to maintain regular contact and support gradual change without major schedule disruptions.
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Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she work with?
She addresses stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, self-esteem issues, and depression. Additional areas include codependency, attachment and abandonment concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Sessions are practical and conversational, focused on identifying patterns and building day-to-day skills. She uses evidence-based techniques and keeps the work oriented toward clear goals.
How much experience does she have?
She has 10 years of professional experience working with people on mood, relationship, and trauma-related issues.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, licensed in California and practices there.
Which languages does she use in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can I work with her from another country?
International clients are not currently accepted; sessions are provided to clients in California according to licensing rules.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing is provided during the sign-up process.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session to begin.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.