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Jill Batson

Therapist · Tennessee

LMFT - Relationships and Grief

Jill Batson
Credentials
LMFT
License
LMFT, Tennessee · 1652
NPI
1750094850
Experience
7 years
Languages
English
Location
Tennessee
  • Emotion-focused work
  • Attachment issues
  • Mindfulness practice

About Jill

Jill Batson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Tennessee with seven years of clinical experience. She helps people who are struggling with relationship challenges, grief and loss, intimacy-related concerns, and parenting stress. She also sees people coping with life changes, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and career strain.

Jill uses approaches that emphasize emotions and attachment to understand what gets in the way of connection and healing. In sessions she listens, asks focused questions, and helps clients name and organize their feelings so they can make clearer choices. She draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy, attachment-based ideas, and client-centered methods to guide conversations.

Her work also addresses trauma and abuse, caregiver and hospice-related stress, codependency, and family of origin difficulties. She supports people facing cancer, pregnancy and childbirth concerns, postpartum depression, and midlife transitions. Practical coping skills and mindfulness techniques are offered alongside narrative methods that help people reframe difficult experiences.

Jill aims to create straightforward plans with measurable steps people can try between sessions. She encourages honest feedback about what is or isn’t helping so adjustments can be made. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

To begin, prospective clients use the site’s matching questionnaire and schedule an initial meeting. Sessions are conducted in English and international clients are not accepted at this time.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Jill commonly uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) to help people identify and work with strong emotions that influence their relationships and day-to-day choices. EFT focuses on naming feelings and understanding how they shape interactions and personal patterns.

She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early bonds affect current ways of relating, and Client-Centered Therapy which focuses on listening and responding to each person’s concerns without judgment. Attachment work can help when people notice repeated patterns in close relationships. Client-centered methods help people feel heard while they sort through next steps.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jill collaborates with clients to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. She checks in about what is or isn’t working and adjusts the plan together.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove travel time. Licensed professionals offer different ways to meet, and Jill will discuss which format best fits practical needs during the first scheduling steps.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesCoping with life changes

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseSleeping disordersSelf esteemCareer difficultiesDepressionCompassion fatigue

Experience

7+ years

Listed in

Tennessee

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

She works with relationship challenges, grief, intimacy-related concerns, parenting stress, anxiety, depression, sleep issues, career strain, and related topics listed in her specialties.

What is her therapeutic style?

She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy, attachment-based ideas, client-centered work, mindfulness, and narrative approaches to help people name emotions and change unhelpful patterns.

How much experience does she have?

She has seven years of professional work experience as a clinician.

What are her credentials and where does she practice?

She is an LMFT licensed in Tennessee and practices in that state.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English.

Are international clients accepted?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How does cost and payment work?

Session costs vary with location and are billed through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I get started with her services?

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

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