Hillary is an Associate Professional Clinical Counselor (APCC) and EMDR therapist who earned her Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from The Townsend Institute at Concordia University Irvine. With six years of experience in the mental health field, she works with adolescents, adults, and parents.
Hillary supports teens and adults navigating trauma, anxiety, grief, relationship challenges, attachment wounds, and difficult life transitions. She is especially passionate about helping clients who feel stuck in patterns shaped by past experiences and want to move beyond managing symptoms toward deeper, lasting healing. Her trauma-informed, integrative work helps clients understand how their past, nervous system, relationships, and beliefs connect to present-day patterns, while building self-trust, emotional regulation, and a stronger sense of self.
Hillary’s approach is warm, collaborative, curious, and compassionate, with room for both gentle challenge and humor. She believes therapy is an opportunity to understand yourself more deeply, heal the roots of distress, and develop new ways of relating to yourself and others. She meets clients where they are and works alongside them toward feeling more grounded, confident, and connected.
Outside of the therapy room, Hillary enjoys relaxing in the sun with a book, hiking with her dog Harley, hot yoga, being in the ocean, gardening, backpacking to hot springs, and trying the newest restaurant in town.