About Trina
Trina Hill is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Illinois. She has eight years of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and addictive behaviors.
Trina aims to make the first step feel manageable and supportive. Trina creates a calm, nonjudgmental atmosphere where people can talk through difficult thoughts and feelings. She uses straightforward, practical methods to identify patterns that increase worry or low mood.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on small, doable changes that reduce distress and restore a sense of control. Her work draws on several approaches, including cognitive behavioral methods to challenge unhelpful thinking and emotionally-focused work to address attachment and relationship concerns. She also uses elements of mindfulness and acceptance strategies to help people tolerate uncomfortable feelings without avoidance.
Trina often supports people coping with chronic pain, caregiver stress, and life transitions such as divorce or midlife changes. She addresses problems like obsessive thoughts, panic attacks, guilt and shame, and financial stress in concrete terms. The aim is to link everyday problems to workable steps that fit each person’s life.
Sessions may include skills practice, values-based goal setting, and processing of painful memories when needed. Trina encourages collaboration, so treatment plans change as a person’s needs and goals evolve.
How therapy approaches shape online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values even when anxiety or pain is present. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to reduce worry and depressive patterns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and process strong emotions and repair attachment ruptures in relationships, which can ease loneliness and improve communication.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and try different methods to find what works best. Plans are adjusted over time based on progress and changing needs, and the client helps set the pace.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to use these approaches. Video calls allow full conversation and visual cues for emotionally focused work. Phone sessions can fit into a busy day or be used when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easy to check in between sessions or practice skills in short bursts. These formats make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or health challenges.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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