About Hilary
#Appointments are booked by contacting Hilary directly at connect@hilarymurfitt.com
Please email Hilary if you would like to schedule your first appointment or to inquire about counselling services.
"We possess a wealth of underlying skills and resources to support us in meeting life’s challenges. Therapy is about having a safe enough place to remember and nurture these often forgotten and preferred versions of ourselves; to honour our strength, wisdom and potential for growth.”_
Hilary has over 17 years of experience working in private practice. She provides a respectful, non-judgmental and encouraging environment to support people in accessing their ability to work through challenges. Having an empathic, safe and neutral person to share one’s struggles with provides the opportunity for healing and a positive inquiry into the individual’s capacity for strength and resiliency. Hilary supports people in recognizing any internalized self-criticism that may be preventing them from moving forward. Her straightforward and sincere approach aims to develop a greater sense of happiness, confidence and well-being.
Hilary encourages people to develop new and more positive stories of themselves, their relationships and the struggles they sometimes face. She can help with inviting recognition of problematic patterns that can get in the way of healing. By creating a therapeutic relationship built on trust and collaboration, Hilary supports people working to reach goals and overcome challenges related to:
- Life Transitions
- Addictions & Recovery
- Grief and Loss
- Self-Esteem, Persistent Negativity & Self-Criticism
- Sadness / Hopelessness / Depression
- Worry / Anxiety & Stress Management
- Self Harm and Suicidal Thinking
- Trauma & Abuse
- Body Image / Anorexia / Bulimia
- Goal Setting
- Fertility
- Separation & Divorce
- Parenting
- LGBTQ2S+ Identity & Relationships
Over the past 20 years, Hilary has worked with people of all ages, providing individual counselling, couple / relationship counselling, family counselling, group counselling and clinical supervision and workplace support. She has the desire, skills and experience to work with people from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientations and gender identities.
Hilary has worked as an Individual and Family Counsellor with Family Services of Greater Vancouver, South Vancouver Youth Centre, The Peak House Program and BC Children’s Hospital, as a Prevention Specialist with the Vancouver Coastal Health / Vancouver School Board, SACY Program, and she has also worked as a Clinical Supervisor at WAVAW, Women Against Violence Against Women. She has also worked as Child Specialist and Divorce Coach with the Collaborative Divorce Team in Vancouver where she supported families utilizing a court free approach to working through separation and divorce.
Hilary is committed to professional development. She is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with an MA in Counselling Psychology. She is a certified Narrative Therapist with additional training in Family Systems Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Feminist and Anti-Oppressive based frameworks, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Group Facilitation, Mediation and Collaborative Divorce.
In addition to her work as a counsellor, Hilary is passionate about being a parent and engaged community member of Bowen Island. She values spending time with her family, friends and dog exploring the local forests and beaches. A Vancouver restaurant veteran, she’s a total foodie and can often be found in the kitchen creating new dishes to share with her loved ones.
Testimonials:
Hilary Murfitt, RCC Reviewed by: Sasha
“She’s grounded in evidence-based therapy while adapting her approach …. to me.”
Seeing Hilary has been a total game changer for me. I’ve seen various counsellors over the past ten years and this is the first time things have really ‘clicked’ and I’ve experienced significant progress. One of the keys to this success is Hilary’s personable and genuine caring for her client’s well-being. I find it helpful that she’s grounded in evidence-based therapy while adapting her approach based on what makes sense and feels right to me. I’m very grateful for our work together!
Review: 5
For more testimonials and more information about Hilary’s counselling services, visit:
www.hilarymurfitt.com
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