Hilary Aime, PhD Candidate
Supervised Student Clinician
ON MATERNITY LEAVE
Background
Hilary Aime (she/her) received her MA in Child-Clinical Psychology in 2017 and is currently a senior PhD student in Child-Clinical Psychology at Simon Fraser University. Her work at Dr. Arnold & Associates is supervised by a Registered Psychologist and her services are offered at a discounted rate ($150 per 50-minute session). In addition to her work at Dr. Arnold & Associates, Hilary has completed practicums at BC Children’s Hospital in the Mood & Anxiety Disorders, Pediatric OCD, and Neuropsychiatry Clinics, Cornerstone Child and Family Psychology Clinic, and the SFU Clinical Psychology Centre.
Area of Specialty
In her work at Dr. Arnold & Associates, Hilary believes in a flexible, collaborative, and client-centred approach, using evidence-based treatments such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, as well as including mindfulness, attachment-focused, and acceptance-based techniques. Hilary aims to build on each child’s unique strengths in order to facilitate children’s joyful growth into their fullest selves in a comfortable and warm environment. She has experience working with children and adolescents experiencing a wide range of mental health difficulties, such as anxiety (e.g., generalized anxiety, social anxiety, separation anxiety, specific phobias), OCD, selective mutism, mood challenges, and life stress (e.g., grief, adjusting to life changes, school-related stress). Hilary is a neurodiversity-affirming therapist and has experience adapting treatments for children with intellectual disabilities, ADHD, and autism, as well as providing interventions for managing tics and Tourette’s disorder. Hilary enjoys supporting skilful and confident parenting and has completed training in Collaborative and Proactive SolutionsTM aimed at helping families deal with challenging behaviour. Hilary also conducts psychological assessments, including psycho-educational assessments (e.g., learning disorders, giftedness, intellectual disabilities) and diagnostic assessments of ADHD and autism in adolescents and children over 6 years of age.