Carrie Hillebrandt

Carrie Hillebrandt is a Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner (LIMHP) and Licensed Mental Health Practitioner (LMHP) with 16 years in the field. She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, trauma and abuse, depression, parenting challenges, grief, and life transitions. Her approach is respectful and patient, and she aims to create a nonjudgmental space where people can talk through what feels hard.

Carrie draws on a mix of practical methods to match each person’s needs. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to tackle unhelpful thinking and behavior. She combines that with client-centered listening to prioritize each person’s goals and values. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and mindfulness skills are also part of her work when they fit the situation.

She has experience across residential settings and private practice. That background informs how she supports people in crisis, and how she helps with longer-term issues like bipolar disorder, adoption and foster care concerns, attachment issues, and disruptive mood regulation challenges.

She emphasizes building trust early in the process, then shaping an individualized plan. Practical tools, short-term strategies, and longer-term coping skills are all options depending on what a person needs. Carrie also provides supervision and group consultation to other clinicians as part of her professional work.

To begin, she asks about a person’s immediate goals and what has or hasn’t worked before. From there she and the client choose methods and steps that feel doable for daily life.

How therapy approaches guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify their values and take small steps toward a life that matters to them. It teaches skills for noticing thoughts without getting stuck and for committing to actions that fit personal goals.

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful relationship first. The therapist follows the person’s pace and priorities, which can make it easier to address anger, grief, and relationship concerns over time.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers concrete tools to change patterns of thinking and behavior. It is useful for managing anxiety, depression, impulsivity, and many day-to-day problems by practicing new skills between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. That might mean blending ACT, CBT, and client-centered listening across sessions.

Confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, as this profile does not list specific formats. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, provide options for shorter check-ins when time is tight, and reduce travel time. Talk with the therapist about what will work best for scheduling, communication, and using skills between meetings.