Hannah Phillips Hale, LPC

Hannah Phillips Hale is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Virginia and a Registered Art Therapist who is pursuing Art Therapy board certification. She is also working toward Infant Mental Health certification after substantial professional focus on early child development and family interaction patterns. Hannah has provided therapeutic support to people across the lifespan - pregnant mothers and their unborn children, infants and caregivers, children, adolescents, parents, and older adults - in settings that include in-home care, outpatient clinics, schools, and community programs.

She frames the therapeutic process as a partnership that blends curiosity with guided learning, collaborating with clients to identify what is and is not working and to select realistic, achievable goals. By emphasizing present-focused strategies and small, attainable steps, Hannah helps clients build motivation and confidence while also addressing broader life patterns and relationship dynamics. Creative and expressive techniques from art therapy are central to her approach, and she emphasizes that no prior art experience is necessary to benefit from these methods.

Hannah draws from a range of clinical approaches including client-centered, cognitive behavioral, acceptance and commitment, attachment-based, and dialectical strategies, along with supportive, solution-focused, and family systems perspectives. Much of her work concentrates on anxiety, depression, trauma and grief, relationship and communication challenges, low self-esteem, motivation and purpose concerns, and life transitions. She values the therapeutic relationship itself as a source of learning and aims to guide each person through a thoughtful process of discovery and growth.