About Hillary
Hillary Gonzalez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Florida who helps people manage stress, anxiety, and life transitions. She focuses on improving day-to-day wellbeing and building practical skills people can use right away. Hillary uses a person-centered, strengths-based approach.
Sessions aim to highlight each person’s resources and preferences. Conversations focus on what matters to the client and on workable steps forward. She helps people with emotional regulation and self-esteem by teaching tools they can practice between sessions.
Background and approach
Topics often include coping with change, managing symptoms of depression, and strategies for attention differences such as ADHD. Hillary also supports those facing chronic illness, caregiver stress, and end-of-life concerns. Her style is collaborative and respectful.
She creates space for people to share thoughts and feelings without judgment. Together she and the client set goals and choose approaches that fit the person’s values and daily life. Hillary brings eight years of clinical experience to her practice.
That experience includes work with people navigating aging and geriatric issues, autism and neurodivergence, substance use concerns, and multicultural issues. She aims to meet each person where they are and help them move toward clearer purpose and greater self-compassion.
Evidence-informed approaches and online care
Hillary uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills people can practice in daily life. One key approach emphasizes emotional regulation skills to help manage anxiety and mood swings; it teaches breathing, grounding, and step-by-step ways to calm big feelings. Another common focus is strengths-based, person-centered work that highlights a person’s existing resources and builds on those strengths to solve problems and meet goals.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Hillary collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan so it stays useful and realistic for the person’s life.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for people balancing busy schedules. Video calls let people keep face-to-face connection without travel. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow for brief touchpoints between sessions and flexible check-ins during the week. These options make it easier to maintain consistency and apply new skills where they matter most.
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What this therapist works with
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- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Gender dysphoria
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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