Jehlisa Hillocks

Jehlisa is a licensed master social worker whose goal is to support her clients in a way that feels collaborative, respectful, and grounded in their values and needs, not a one-size-fits-all method. Her work centers on helping clients understand how their past can continue to shape the way they move through the world today. With curiosity and compassion, she supports clients in examining longstanding relational patterns, processing unresolved experiences, and creating space for new ways of relating to themselves or others.

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Her interest in family dynamics is informed by both clinical training and lived awareness of the complexities that can arise within immigrant and multigenerational households. Growing up as the eldest daughter in an immigrant family fostered an early sensitivity to the layered responsibilities, cultural expectations, and emotional undercurrents that often exist within families. This perspective deepens her approach to helping clients explore inherited roles and cultivate relationships that feel more aligned with their needs and values.

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Her approach is compassionate, judgment-free, as trauma-informed as therapy can be, and centered on creating a safe and welcoming environment for her clients’ healing journey. She believes therapy is a long-term relationship.

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In her spare time, she is documenting her multigenerational home on film and through narrative tapestries, collecting rocks and sticks with her daughter, listening to Stevie Wonder or Hiatus Kaiyote while she cooks, and sipping herbal tea on her porch while reading literary horror. Her favorite book is Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova.

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