About Hillary
Hillary Massie is a licensed counselor (LPCC) practicing in Ohio with nine years of clinical experience. She focuses on making the first steps into therapy feel less overwhelming and helps people find practical ways to cope when life becomes heavy. She commonly helps with stress and anxiety, struggles with addictions, and problems that affect relationships and motivation.
She also supports people working on self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and issues tied to mood and panic attacks.
Background and approach
Additional areas she addresses include isolation, life purpose, pregnancy and childbirth concerns, self-love, women's issues, and workplace stress. Sessions are approached with a warm, nonjudgmental tone. Hillary aims to create a space where clients can say what they think and feel without fear.
Conversation is central - she listens, reflects, and helps clients spot patterns that get in the way of their goals. Her work uses practical methods to set small, achievable goals. That can mean looking at thoughts and behaviors that keep anxiety going, finding clear next steps for motivation, or trying different ways to handle relationship strain.
Clients leave with simple strategies to try between sessions. She encourages people to take the step that feels right for them and to move at a pace they can manage. The focus is on steady progress and on building skills that fit everyday life.
How Hillary uses collaborative approaches online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person's experience and responding with empathy. It helps when someone needs a calm, listening space to sort through feelings and priorities.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood and functioning. It is useful for tackling anxiety, panic, mood concerns, and habits tied to addiction by teaching practical skills and experiments to try between sessions.
Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and boosts readiness to act. It is often paired with goal-focused work when motivation or behavior change is the main challenge.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each client about their needs, goals, and preferences and then try methods that fit. Plans are revisited and adjusted as progress is made so the work stays practical and relevant.
Online sessions offer flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when more visual interaction helps. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a camera-free check-in is preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, coaching-style prompts, or ongoing tracking between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep momentum between appointments.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English