Kristina Hill, PhD, LPC, NCC
Core Faculty
Dr. Kristina L. Hill is a licensed professional counselor, educator, and scholar. Dr. Hill received her doctorate in Counselor Education and Supervision from Northern Illinois University, her master’s in clinical Mental Health Counseling from Adler University in Chicago, and her bachelor’s in psychology from University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is thrilled to be a new core faculty member in the online counseling program at Northwestern University! She has over 10 years of experience in the mental health field. Areas of clinical specialization and interest include but are not limited to multicultural concerns, domestic violence, trauma, crisis, anxiety, depression, PTSD, grief, and client advocacy. Her research interest is primary on phenomenological experiences in multicultural counseling, counselor education and supervision.
Additionally, Dr. Hill has over 7 years of experience in higher education as an administrator, educator, and college counselor. She has been an active leader in the Illinois Counseling Association (ICA) for 10 years. Her leadership experience includes 2024-2025 President of the Illinois Counseling Assocation, past present of Illinois Counselors for Social justice, and past president of the Black Counselors Association Chapter. She provides a number of workshops both within ICA and other professional settings to assist in training and providing resources for multicultural competency, DEI, and advocacy practice , educators and researchers.
Dr. Hill provides clinical counseling at a group private practice in Chicago and approaches counseling from a collaborative, integrative model, which allows her to work with her clients to define concerns and goals for their lives. Dr. Hill uses holistic, psychodynamic, and trauma informed interventions to assist clients in identifying challenges and learning new methods of life management and healing.
Dr. Hill notes this about the experience of counseling: “Counseling allows opportunity for healing,advocacy and prevention instead of viewing individuals within a deficit or with a prognosis that requires “fixing”. Healing is about more than just a quick fix; it is a process and counseling embraces the process from the start and beyond!”