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Richard F. Hill, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
license PSY 20326
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My orientation is primarily existentialist and humanistic, but I also draw
on psychodynamic and family therapies. To me a client’s inner life is important,
in particular, how can this be enriched, how can this be realized to fuller
capacity? People are involved with both others and the deeper parts of
themselves by their very nature: all parts of a person’s life affect a person’s
experience. I invite people to discover that their experiences lead them to
their inherent dignity and a pervasive spirituality of life. The result is often
that clients find new meaning in their lives, as well as heal old wounds. They
uncover their potential for self determination and self actualization. They
begin to heal the traumas of abuse and abandonment. They begin to grow in new
and unpredictable ways.
Basically this is why clients work with me for extended periods of time – the
inner richness they begin to discover runs deep. My clients span all ethnicities
and are primarily adults of all ages, although I also work with adolescents and
sometimes younger children. I am effective in crisis intervention and generally
work with individuals, but I also see groups, families, and couples.
My academic qualifications are:
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Licensed Psychologist –California
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PhD Clinical Psychology - ITP
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MA Counseling Psychology – ITP
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MA Spirituality - Santa Clara
University
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MBA, BS Business - University of
California, Berkeley
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am married and have two grown children. I speak French, German, and Dutch.
Psychotherapy is my second career and previously I worked in the corporate world
in the Silicon Valley. At this stage of my life I am not focused on material
gain. Accordingly, I founded CHL to meet the needs of people who have trouble
paying full professional psychotherapy fees. At CHL clients pay less (and
therapists earn less) than is common. |
