Hillery Ferdinand
Practical, trauma-informed support for lasting change
LPC Georgia
- Experience
- 14 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Parenting
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Hillery
Hillery Ferdinand is a licensed professional counselor who works with adults facing stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, relationship and family difficulties, and life transitions. She centers care on helping people rebuild resilience, strengthen communication, and recover from challenging experiences while honoring each person's background and identity.
Background and approach
With 14 years of clinical practice, Hillery combines compassion with practical strategies to help clients make measurable changes in day-to-day functioning. Hillery draws on a trauma-informed, culturally responsive perspective to tailor support to individual needs.
Her work emphasizes self-compassion, improved social connections, and problem-solving skills to address concerns such as grief, intimacy-related issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and workplace or career struggles. She also offers focused support for issues like post-traumatic stress, domestic violence recovery, and challenges related to prejudice or multicultural stressors.
Licensed as an LPC in Georgia and New Jersey, Hillery integrates evidence-informed techniques to help clients identify patterns, practice new skills, and pursue goals that matter to them. She strives to create a collaborative space where clients can explore their experiences, build coping strategies, and move toward greater well-being.
Evidence-informed approaches for online care
Hillery frequently uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy when working with clients online. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and building practical skills to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress; it is often helpful for people seeking concrete tools to change daily functioning. Trauma-Focused Therapy attends directly to the effects of traumatic events, helping clients process traumatic memories and learn coping strategies to manage post-traumatic stress reactions and related symptoms.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to assess goals, preferences, and symptom patterns, and together they decide which techniques to prioritize and when to adjust course based on how the work is progressing.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility in how people access care. These options can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, maintain continuity during life transitions, and access consistent support from licensed professionals regardless of location within the therapist's practice area.
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Experience
14+ years
Licensed
Georgia, Virginia, New Jersey
Languages
English