Jillanne Hecker, LPCC, LMHC

Jillanne Hecker is a licensed therapist practicing with experience in Ohio and Florida. She holds the LPCC and the LMHC and has spent six years helping people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and relationship challenges. She focuses on practical steps people can use right away rather than long lectures or jargon.

Her sessions aim to be respectful and compassionate. She helps people sort feelings, make sense of hard events, and build everyday coping skills. That can mean working on sleep, managing panic, or untangling stressful relationship patterns.

Jillanne uses a mix of approaches chosen to match each person’s needs. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to shift unhelpful thoughts and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation. She also uses EMDR for trauma processing and mindfulness to reduce reactivity.

She often helps people recover confidence and improve communication. Clients may work on career stress, caregiver strain, body image, addictions, or the emotional load of life transitions. Aging and geriatric issues are included among areas she focuses on.

Her style is collaborative and direct. She asks practical questions, sets clear goals, and checks in about what is or is not helping. New clients are invited to describe the problem and together set small, achievable steps forward.

Approaches you can try online and how they help

Jillanne uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and the behaviors that follow. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and everyday stress because it breaks problems into concrete patterns to change.

She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. DBT-style tools can be helpful when intense emotions or repeated crises interfere with daily life.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is another tool she uses for processing traumatic memories and reducing their emotional charge. EMDR sessions focus on specific painful memories and can provide relief for people struggling to move past trauma.

Choosing an approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, past work in therapy, and what feels most comfortable. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust them based on progress and feedback.

If you are considering online work, please confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats are available. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time for caregivers or people with mobility limits. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT, DBT skills, and EMDR techniques to a remote setting while helping clients practice strategies between appointments.