Jill FitzGerald, LCSW

Jill FitzGerald is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a Master of Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Bachelor of Social work from James Madison University. Her private practice in Richmond, VA specializes in grief counseling. With over 28 years of experience, Jill has helped many individuals and families heal after the loss of a loved one. She has experience working in psychiatric hospital settings and outpatient community mental health centers.

Jill opened her private practice in 1991, specializing in grief, loss, and bereavement. She offers individual and family sessions, training, crisis debriefings, workshops to schools and churches and consults and educates professionals on how to help those who have lost a loved one. She worked with local hospice care workers for over 10 years, providing monthly support groups for staff. She facilitated a support group for nursing staff at the pediatric oncology/hematology clinic at MCV from March 2016-May 2017. in 2018 she also provided monthly debriefings for healthcare professionals addressing caregiver burnout and self-care sponsored by Bliley Funeral Home.

In 1996 Jill began to work with Lynne Hughes, a well-known advocate of grief support, at Motherless Daughters, a national organization for women and girls who lost their mothers at a young age. In 1998 she became a founding board member of Comfort Zone Camp, the nation’s largest bereavement camp for children. Jill is also a member of ADEC - Association of Death Education & Counseling.

When not counseling others, Jill spends time with her husband and three daughters. She enjoys traveling to visit her family in Maine, reading, and volunteer work.