About Hilary
Hilary Hughes is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with ten years of experience in mental health. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, ADHD, and trauma. She also supports concerns around parenting, self-esteem, and LGBT issues.
Hilary practices from Connecticut and works in a warm, respectful manner. Hilary listens first to understand each person’s situation. She meets clients where they are and avoids judgment.
Sessions are interactive and focused on practical steps that can be used between meetings.
Background and approach
Her approach blends client-centered work with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy. That means she pays attention to your goals and perspective while also teaching strategies to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She will guide small experiments and practice tasks that aim to reduce anxiety and improve daily routines.
Hilary often helps people manage life changes, caregiver stress, and control or impulsivity struggles. She also addresses attachment concerns, body image, obsessions and compulsions, panic, and pregnancy or postpartum issues. The work can include short-term coaching-style support or more in-depth counseling depending on a person’s needs.
Appointments are offered by phone, video, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Hilary explains the process, listens for what matters most, and helps plan next steps that feel doable.
Practical approaches for online therapy and daily life
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely to each person's experience and building a respectful relationship. It helps when someone needs a space to be heard and to clarify personal goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches concrete techniques to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and can be useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and compulsive patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Hilary will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they review what is helping and what needs to be adjusted so sessions stay focused and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a quick check-in, and messaging supports brief reflections or coaching between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and different routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Fertility issues
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English
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