Lisa Hillary, LCSW

Lisa Hillary is the Clinical Director and owner of Hillary Counseling. With over 20 years of experience as a therapist, she is passionate about helping individuals make meaningful, lasting changes in their lives. Lisa’s approach is holistic, integrating mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being to foster true transformation. Her goal is to equip clients with the knowledge, tools, and strategies needed to create the lives they’ve always envisioned.

Lisa specializes in supporting women in their twenties and thirties who are navigating life transitions, career stress, relationship challenges, and evolving identity.

Many of the women she works with are in a season of “in-between” — building careers, re-evaluating relationships, contemplating motherhood, navigating changes in their bodies and health, or questioning what they want next. On the outside, life may look put together, but internally they feel overwhelmed, uncertain, or disconnected from themselves.

Lisa’s approach to therapy in Milwaukee is warm, collaborative, and insight-oriented. She helps clients untangle patterns, strengthen emotional awareness, build self-trust, and move through change with greater clarity and confidence.

Lisa aims to create a relaxed, comfortable environment where you can feel safe to explore your thoughts, frustrations, and behaviors, without fear, judgment or shame.

She believes therapy isn’t only for crisis moments. It’s a space for self-discovery, growth, and learning how to live more authentically. Her goal is to help women feel grounded in who they are, secure in their relationships, and empowered in the choices they make.

EDUCATION

Lisa completed her graduate training, a Master’s of Social Work, MSW, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She holds licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, in the state of Wisconsin and is an active member of her professional industry association. Lisa maintains regular clinical supervision and professional development to enhance the quality of her work.

EXPERIENCE

Before starting Hillary Counseling in 2009, Lisa began her career as a Clinical Social Worker at Rogers Memorial Hospital in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. She spent several years working in different levels of care, including: inpatient, partial, and residential programs, each with different populations.

At Rogers, the majority of her training was spent working with adolescents and adults who struggled with eating disorders and co-occurring illnesses, such as: depression/anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), body dysmorphia, low self-esteem and boundary issues.

Lisa has completed training in:

• Maudsley Family Therapy, University of Chicago-Illinois
• Trauma, Levels 1 and 2, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• Gottman Method Couples Counseling, Levels 1 and 2, Chicago, IL
• Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Theory and Practice of Yoga Therapy, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• Grief Counseling and Trauma Certificate, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Her background and experiences enable her to be an extremely effective therapist who is comfortable counseling diverse groups of people.

RECOGNITION

• Named a 2020 Woman of Distinction by Milwaukee Magazine
• Named a 2019 Woman of Distinction by Milwaukee Magazine