Jessica Hilton, RCC

Counselling

Location: Chilliwack, BC

Currently on waitlist — inquire for availability.

Jessica Hilton - Counselling

About Jessica Hilton

“Naming an experience calms it. Understanding an experience transforms it.” ~ Dan Siegel

You can notice your patterns as they unfold. You may even understand where they come from. Yet in the moments that matter, it can still feel hard to respond in ways that reflect who you want to be. Awareness has not yet translated into change.

I work with individuals, youth, and families who are navigating stress, trauma, substance use, and complicated relationship patterns. Many of the people I support carry a strong sense of responsibility. They show up for others, manage a lot, and appear steady on the outside, while feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or caught in familiar responses internally.

My work is grounded in experiential, body-based therapy and informed by somatic trauma therapies. Together, we begin to untangle the patterns that have taken hold, and explore how these responses developed in the context of your life. We make space to understand the role they have played, while also opening up new possibilities for how you want to move forward.

Sessions focus on what is happening in the moment. We slow things down and pay attention to your lived experience, including what you notice in your body, your emotions, and your thoughts. This creates an opportunity to work directly with patterns as they arise, rather than only talking about them.

Alongside this, we stay connected to what matters to you. Your values, your preferences, and the kind of life you want to be living become a guide for the work. Over time, this supports a shift from reacting out of habit toward responding with more intention, alignment, and choice.

This process is steady, collaborative, and practical. It is not about fixing you. It is about helping you reconnect with your own capacity, and building ways of responding that feel more consistent with who you are and who you want to be.

If you are ready to begin shifting long-standing patterns and move toward a way of living that feels more grounded and meaningful, I welcome you to reach out.

Areas of Practice

  • Trauma & Developmental Injury
  • Substance Use & Recovery
  • ADHD & Executive Function Challenges
  • Anxiety
  • Panic & Worry Loops
  • Depression
  • OCD & Intrusive Thoughts
  • Emotional Regulation & Distress Tolerance
  • Burnout
  • Stress
  • Compassion Fatigue
  • Relationship & Attachment Patterns
  • Family Communication
  • Conflict Repair
  • Mental Health
  • Stress Management
  • Men’s Issues
  • Chronic Pain
  • Workplace Injuries
  • ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)
  • DBT (Dialectical Behavioural Therapy)
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
  • Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
  • AEDP
  • Experiential Psychodynamic Therapy
  • Somatic Therapy
  • Family Systems Therapy

Conditions & Specialties

  • acceptance and commitment therapy
  • dialectical behaviour therapy
  • ADHD
  • anxiety
  • depression
  • OCD
  • substance abuse
  • trauma
  • stress
  • self-esteem issues
  • relationship difficulties
  • coping skills
  • life transitions
  • grief and loss
  • PTSD
  • burnout
  • sensorimotor psychotherapy
  • narrative therapy
  • solution focused brief therapy
  • trauma-informed counselling
  • emotional regulation therapy
  • anxiety and depression support
  • substance abuse counselling
  • ADHD counselling
  • OCD treatment support
  • mind-body integration

Credentials & Training

I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor with a Master’s degree in Counselling and over a decade of clinical experience. I have worked with individuals and groups in community and residential treatment settings, with a focus on substance use, trauma, and relational patterns. Alongside my clinical practice, I provide clinical supervision within a residential treatment program. I also support LGBTQ individuals and am a registered provider with FNHA and CVAP.

Direct Billing Available

Direct billing accepted for: AGA Financial Group Inc., Alberta Blue Cross, Belairdirect (formerly Johnson Inc.), Beneva Inc., BPA - Benefit Plan Administrators, Canada Life, Canada Life - PSHCP, Canadian Construction Workers Union, Chambers of Commerce Group Insurance, CINUO, ClaimSecure, Coughlin & Associates Ltd., Cowan, Desjardins Insurance, Equitable, First Canadian, GMS Carrier 49, GMS Carrier 50, GroupHEALTH, GroupSource, Industrial Alliance, Johnston Group Inc., LiUNA Local 183, LiUNA Local 506, Manion, Manulife Financial, Maximum Benefit, MDM Insurance Services Inc., People Corporation, RWAM Insurance Administrators, Simply Benefits, TELUS AdjudiCare, Union Benefits, UV Insurance, ClaimXchange, CVAP, Green Shield Canada, Medavie Blue Cross, Pacific Blue Cross, Sun Life Financial, WorkSafeBC, FNHA.

Part of The Healing Oak - Multidisciplinary Health & Wellness Clinic in Chilliwack & Abbotsford, BC