Carrie Hillebrandt

Carrie Hillebrandt is a Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner (LIMHP) and a Licensed Mental Health Practitioner (LMHP) based in Nebraska. She brings 16 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, relationship struggles, grief, and life changes. Her style is respectful and patient, and she focuses on listening first to learn what matters to each person.

Carrie uses a mix of practical methods in sessions. She draws on Trauma-Focused Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify patterns that cause distress and to build clearer, doable steps forward. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and client-centered approaches to help people find values-based direction and feel heard while making changes.

She has worked in residential settings and private practice and has experience with a wide range of challenges including bipolar disorder, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and adoption-related concerns. Carrie emphasizes building rapport early so clients can feel safe to talk about painful experiences and to try new coping strategies.

Sessions are shaped around each person's needs rather than a fixed formula. Carrie explains options, checks what fits, and adjusts plans as progress and life circumstances change. She also consults and supervises other clinicians as part of her ongoing professional work.

People who reach out can expect straightforward conversation, practical tools, and a steady focus on the goals they name. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to availability.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions

Trauma-Focused Therapy helps people process painful memories and reduce their ongoing impact. In practice this can mean pacing conversations about difficult events, teaching grounding and coping skills, and building steps to feel safer in day-to-day life.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying what matters to someone and learning small actions that align with those values. It uses simple exercises to notice thoughts without getting stuck in them and to try behavior changes that match a person's goals.

Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current patterns. Work in this approach often involves naming relationship expectations, practicing new ways of asking for support, and changing interaction habits that cause pain.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will talk with each person about their history, goals, and preferences and will decide together which methods to try. That collaborative plan can change over time as progress is made.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when helpful, and reduce travel time. Licensed professionals also adapt exercises and homework for use between sessions so skills carry into everyday routines.