Jill Yarger
- Counselor, CMHC
- Office Location: South Jordan, Salt Lake City
- In-person or Virtual
Specialties: Self-esteem, Trauma, Anxiety, Spirituality, and Depression
You don’t have to navigate life’s challenges alone. Whether you’re feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, trauma, struggling with a life transition, or seeking to deepen your self-awareness, I provide a warm, nonjudgmental space to explore what’s weighing on you—and discover what’s possible. My approach is rooted in empathy, collaboration, and clinically proven methods that empower you to rewrite your story, on your terms.
I integrate Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Person-Centered Therapy (PCT), Solution Focused Therapy (SFT) and Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) to offer a tailored experience for each client. Sessions balance reflective dialogue with targeted strategies designed to spark insight, build resilience, and create meaningful change.
I walk beside you with gentle support and honest feedback to uncover what’s blocking progress. My approach is personalized—honoring the importance of family, faith, values, and beliefs in your healing journey. Clients describe me as intuitive, down-to-earth, and deeply attuned to their emotional world. I would be honored to support you on your path forward.
Types of Therapy / Modalities
- Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Adlerian Therapy
- Affirmative Therapy
- Animal-Assisted Therapy
- Applied Behavior Analysis
- Art Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Behavioral Activation
- Bibliotherapy
- Biofeedback
- Brain Stimulation Therapy
- Brainspotting
- Christian Counseling
- Coaching
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain (CBT-CP)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis (CBTp)
- Cognitive Processing Therapy
- Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
- Compassion-Focused Therapy
- Couples Therapy
- Culturally Sensitive Therapy
- Dance Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- Eclectic Therapy
- EMDR
- Emotionally Focused Therapy
- Existential Therapy
- Experiential Therapy
- Exposure and Response Prevention
- Expressive Arts Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy
- Family Systems Therapy
- Feminist Therapy
- Forensic Therapy
- Gestalt Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Human Givens Therapy
- Humanistic Therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Integrative Therapy
- Internal Family Systems Therapy
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Marriage and Family Therapy
- Mentalization-Based Therapy
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Multicultural Therapy
- Music Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Neuro-Linguistic Programming Therapy
- Neurofeedback
- Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
- Person-Centered Therapy
- Play Therapy
- Positive Psychology
- Prolonged Exposure Therapy
- Psychoanalytic Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Psychological Testing and Evaluation
- Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
- Reality Therapy
- Relational Therapy
- Reunification Therapy
- Sandplay Therapy
- Schema Therapy
- Social Recovery Therapy
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Strength-Based Therapy
- Structural Family Therapy
- Therapeutic Intervention
- Transpersonal Therapy
- Trauma-Focused CBT
- Written Exposure Therapy
- Maslow Hierarchy of Needs
Experience In
- Abuse
- Actor/Observer Bias
- ADHD
- Adolescent Issues
- Aggression
- Alcoholism
- Alcohol Abuse
- Alcohol Dependence
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Assertiveness
- Autism
- Behavioral Change
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bullying
- Burnout
- Career Counseling
- Child Discipline
- Child Issues
- Codependency
- Coparenting
- Confidence
- Dating
- Depression
- Divorce
- Drug Dependence
- Drug Abuse
- Drug Addiction
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Abuse
- Empathy
- Family Conflict
- Gambling Addiction
- Grief / Bereavement
- Historical / Intergenerational Trauma
- Imposter Syndrome
- Infidelity or Affairs
- Internet Addiction
- Intimacy Issues
- Kink / Sexual Outsiders
- Learning Disorders
- Life Transitions
- Manic Depression
- Marriage
- Men's Issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Parenting
- People-Pleasing
- Perfectionism
- Personality Disorders
- Pornography Addiction
- Postpartum Depression
- PTSD
- Relationships
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Harm
- Sexual Abuse or Assault
- Sexual Addiction
- Sexual Identity
- Sexual Problems
- Sexual Trauma
- Spirituality
- Spousal Abuse
- Suicidal Ideations
- Trauma
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Women's Issues
- LGBTQ
Insurance
- AARP
- Aetna
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- Carelon
- Champus VA
- Cigna
- Evernorth
- Curative
- DMBA
- EMI
- First Health
- Health Choice
- Humana
- HMA
- Magellan
- Magellan FEP
- MedCost
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Meritain
- Molina
- Motiv Health
- Optum
- PEHP
- Prodegi
- Regence BC/BS
- Salt Lake County Optum Medicaid
- Tooele County Optum Medicaid
- Select Health
- Surest
- TriCare (Active Duty)
- TriWest (Veteran)
- UMR
- United Health Carere
- U of U Health Plans
- Others - call to verify
