About Hillery
Hillery Ferdinand, LPC, helps people facing anxiety, stress, grief, and changes in their lives. She keeps sessions direct and practical so a worried parent can follow along. Her style aims to make therapy feel manageable and focused on what matters now.
Hillery uses approaches that center the client and focus on real skills. Conversations often include ways to notice unhelpful thoughts, practice small changes, and use mindful self-awareness. She tailors tools to daily life so people can try new ways of coping between sessions.
Background and approach
Her background includes 14 years of clinical experience working with people with trauma, depression, relationship strain, and caregiving stress. Hillery also supports those coping with chronic illness, career pressures, and challenges tied to cultural identity. She brings practical problem solving alongside attention to how identity and systems affect stress.
In sessions she emphasizes clear goals and steady progress. That might mean short-term problem-solving work or slower exploration of past hurts. She helps people build communication skills, set boundaries, and increase self-compassion.
Hillery practices in Georgia and meets with people in English. She combines empathy with structured strategies so people leave sessions with concrete steps to try. Her aim is to help people feel more able to handle life’s demands and to find calmer ways to respond.
Approaches for online work and practical coping
Hillery commonly blends Client-Centered Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) when working online. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, validation, and building a strong therapeutic relationship so people can state their goals and feel heard. CBT looks at thought patterns and behavior, teaching specific strategies to reduce anxiety and change unhelpful habits.She also uses Mindfulness Therapy to help people notice physical sensations and racing thoughts without getting swept away by them. Mindfulness practices can be brief and practical, helping with stress, sleeplessness, and moments of panic. Together these approaches aim to combine steady support with hands-on tools to practice between sessions.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the person to identify priorities, try methods that fit their life, and adjust as progress is made. This collaborative planning helps match techniques to individual goals and daily routines.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a workday break. Live chat or text messaging can be a shorter check-in or a way to track progress between appointments. These options give flexibility to work on anxiety, trauma recovery, and coping skills without the need for travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Georgia, Virginia, New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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