Hana Gilliom

Hana Gilliom, LCSW, helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, grief, and challenges related to identity and family life. She brings a respectful, compassionate attitude to conversations and focuses on each person’s strengths. Her manner is down-to-earth and direct, aimed at helping people feel heard and understood quickly.

Over ten years of experience informs her approach to trauma, sleeping problems, and coping with life changes. She uses practical tools to manage strong emotions and reduce symptoms that get in the way of daily life. Sessions emphasize what is useful now and build on what already works for the person.

Her work draws from client-centered principles that prioritize the person’s perspective. Hana also integrates cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and DBT skills for emotion regulation when those are helpful. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are used to increase awareness and support motivation for change.

People can expect straightforward conversations, gentle challenge, and step-by-step strategies. She aims to teach skills that transfer into routine moments, such as managing anger before it escalates or improving sleep through consistent habits.

Hana maintains a warm, respectful space and invites people to bring their concerns about identity, relationships, or life transitions. She welcomes international clients and works with each person to find practical next steps toward the goals they set together.

Approaches that guide online work and skill building

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s views and goals. It involves listening closely and shaping sessions around what matters most to the client, which helps people feel respected and understood. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers practical techniques to change unhelpful thinking and reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with the person to decide which techniques fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaboration may mean trying CBT strategies for a period, then adding DBT skills or mindfulness practices if emotion regulation or present-moment awareness becomes a priority.

Confirm the available session options before booking, since formats were not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing commute time and allowing sessions during a lunch break or between errands. It can also let people choose shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce the need to be on camera if that helps someone participate more comfortably. Licensed professionals can adapt skill practice, homework, and in-session exercises to work in an online setting.