Hallie McGuinness, MS

Resident in Counseling

Hallie has a passion for helping individuals find relief, understanding, and healing in their mental health journeys. Hallie enjoys working with a variety of mental health concerns to help clients achieve their goals. She has had experience working with all ages across the lifespan, and currently specializes in working with adolescents and adults. Hallie has experience working with anxiety, depression, trauma, mood disorders, OCD, relationship conflict, and borderline personality disorder. 

Prior to becoming a clinical mental health counselor, Hallie worked as a registered behavior technician for individuals with autism. After her time as an RBT, Hallie focused her practicum and internship on working with individuals ages 3+ and couples. 

Hallie finds the therapeutic relationship to be the basis on which therapy progresses and grows. She has a warm, collaborative approach tailored to each client’s unique needs. Hallie enjoys utilizing skills from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and person-centered therapy to help clients better understand themselves, develop coping tools, and build healthier relationships. Whether you’re facing a current life stressor or unpacking deeper, long-standing patterns, Hallie believes therapy can be a powerful tool for growth and change.

Education

University of Georgia, Bachelor of Science, Human Development and Family Science 

Mercer University, Master of Science, Clinical Mental Health Counseling 

As a Resident in Counseling, Hallie is practicing under supervision of Tracie Ferguson, LPC, who can be reached at (980) 417-9377.

  • Anxiety and depression can deeply affect one’s relationships, health, and daily functioning. Hallie uses validation and compassion to support clients in building self-awareness, while guiding them to challenge negative thoughts using skills like cognitive reframing and cognitive challenging.

  • Trauma often leaves us feeling psychologically and emotionally distressed or disturbed, which can inhibit our ability to cope and affect us in many different ways. Hallie uses a trauma-informed lens to offer a nonjudgmental and affirming space where healing from trauma can begin. 

  • Hallie has experience working with mood disorders and personality disorders such as Bipolar Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder. Hallie aims to create a space where clients can grow in communication skills, emotional regulation, interpersonal relationship skills, and coping skills. 

  • Human connection is a basic psychological and emotional need that is essential for our being and development. When our relationships with attachment figures get disrupted, we can become uneasy. Hallie works with clients to navigate relationship conflict and understand the basics of attachment.

  • Hallie walks alongside and supports clients through life changes and adjustments by focusing on compassion and resilience.

Rates

Limited space is available for sliding scale rates. Please reach out directly for more information

  • Individual Psychotherapy |  $110

    Intake and Assessment |  $135