Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
Hi. I am Deborah K. Hilyard and have been a licensed mental health counselor for over 30 years in Florida. While I have worked in different venues during that period of time and have seen a diverse group of people from all aspects of life, we all share basic wants and needs. I completed my graduate degree in counseling at the University of Memphis in 1988 and worked in the campus career counseling office during graduate school years. I later worked for the U. S. Air Force and U. S. Navy in their family centers setting up a new transitional program for service members leaving the service and then later mental health counseling for the service members and their families. Service members and their families are under some of the greatest stress with the uncertainties in their lives, along with clinical depression when feeling as if they have no control of their lives. As might be expected there are many relationship issues with the separations that families often go through. I have worked with clients through their relationship issues, anger, anxiety and depression frequently. I have also worked with many clients with parenting issues, career challenges and work discord. I have also worked in the foster care system doing comprehensive assessments on the children, their previous and current environment and their parent(s) or guardians. My experience includes working with victims and their significant others in regards to emotional, physical and sexual abuse. The past two years I have been at Betterhelp working with issues of every kind.
My counseling style is warm and interactive. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity and compassion and I do not believe in stigmatizing labels. My approach combines client centered, cognitively-behavioral, solution focused and rational-emotive counseling, although I will tailor the dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs.
It takes courage to seek out for a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards a change. If you are ready to take that step I am here to support and empower you.
I look forward to working with you!
Specialties
* Stress and Anxiety
* Relationship Issues
* Trauma and Abuse
* Depression
* Grief, loss
* PTSD
* Aging & Caregiving Issues
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Deborah K. Hilyard is a Florida-based licensed mental health counselor with 34 years of experience. She completed a graduate degree in counseling at the University of Memphis in 1988 and worked in the campus career counseling office during her graduate studies.
Her professional background includes roles with the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy family centers, where she established a transitional program for service members leaving the military and later provided mental health counseling for service members and their families. She has extensive experience addressing the particular stresses faced by military families, including uncertainty, clinical depression, and relationship strains related to separations.
Across multiple settings, Deborah has supported people through relationship difficulties, anger, anxiety and depression. She has also worked with parenting challenges, career struggles and workplace discord, and performed comprehensive assessments in the foster care system that consider children, their past and present environments, and their parent(s) or guardians.
Her experience includes working with victims of emotional, physical and sexual abuse as well as supporting their significant others. For the past two years she has been working at Betterhelp addressing a wide variety of concerns.
Deborah is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida, authorized to provide professional therapy in the state. Her counseling style is warm and interactive – she emphasizes respect, sensitivity and compassion and does not rely on stigmatizing labels. She integrates client-centered, cognitive-behavioral, solution-focused and rational-emotive approaches, tailoring the conversation and treatment plan to each person’s unique needs.
Seeking therapy takes courage, and Deborah aims to support and empower individuals as they take the first steps toward a more fulfilling and happier life. She looks forward to working with those who are ready to begin that process.
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Licensed professionals provide care via these channels, and it is possible to switch therapists at any time if a different match is desired. For many people, online therapy offers practical access to effective support without changing the core goals of the therapeutic work.
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