Hilla Keren, LCSW-C
In this site you will find information about Decluttering Services, Psychotherapy, and Workshops.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social worker (LCSW-C) with over 15 years of experience in individual, couples, group, and family therapy.
After 15 years of practicing ‘talk therapy’ I found that my healing ability needed to be expressed outside of the ‘therapy room’. I began to find healing in cooking, singing, creating art, sharing meals, and dancing. Healing becomes a way of life; it is simple, hands-on, and within your reach. My goal is to help my clients find what heals in their own life and put it to work.
My gift is in the delivery.
The ability to provide a strong holding of the healing space relies heavily on the therapist’s level of self awareness. Because of my commitment to and respect for my clients, I continuously increase my own level of awareness by ongoing meditation, practice mindfulness, supervision, and ongoing training and teaching.
I have the experience and skills to provide a solid, well structured treatment, and safe space in which healing can take place. I bring together discipline and compassion to assist in very difficult psychological and emotional challenges. I apply a non-judgmental no-nonsense approach, a love for beauty, and a natural sense of function and beauty to my work with clients.
My Background
I hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the University of Maryland and a Master’s of Social Work from UM’s School of Social Work. I am a member of the National Association of Social Workers and a former member of the American Academy of Psychotherapists. My articles on psychotherapeutic practice have appeared in Voices, the Journal of the American Academy of Psychotherapists.
I grew up in a Jewish religious Kibbutz in Israel near the Jordan River, and joined the Living Room Dialogue, a non-violent approach to the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis, 2005. I am a former board member of Love Thy Neighbor, a non-profit organization with a commitment to the principles of nonviolence, and a member in Living Room Dialogue, national dialogue to rise above war.
Education and Certificates
Board registered and approved supervisor
June 2004
L.C.S.W-C. Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore, Maryland
January, 2002
L.G.S.W. Licensed Graduate Social Worker
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore, Maryland
January, 2002
Master of Social Work (MSW)
Specialization: Clinical Aging, University of Maryland: School of Social Work
July, 1995
Bachelor of Science: Psychology (BSA)
University of Maryland
1990
Certificate of Teaching
Department of Education, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1981
Workshop Leader
2001- Present - Contact Hilla Keren to host any of these workshops for your audience.
Planned and Lead Educational Workshops
“The Power of Group Therapy with Younger Adolescents: Productive Peer Pressure”
University of Maryland, Spring 2004
“Workshop: Effective Parenting Skills for Parents of Adolescents”
Various agencies in Baltimore City and County, Winter 2001
“Healing Through Rituals: Experiential Workshop”
Private Practice, Fall 2006
Growing with Gardening: Helping Children to develop; healthy self-esteem, self discipline; friendship and responsibility through gardening.
Fall 2007
The Money Monologue: Creating a loving relationship with Money
Spring 2010
Money Talk with Parents of Teens
Fall / Winter 2010
Planned and Lead Workshops for Therapists
Trauma and personal loss
American Academy for Psychotherapists, 2006
Compassionate listening
American Academy for Psychotherapists, 2008
Know your Right Foot from Your Left Foot: A Body and Mind Experiential Process Group
Personal Integrity and the code of Ethics
Fall 2009
Planned and Lead Upcoming Workshops
Money and Ethics: Exploring the clinical and ethical practice of negotiating fees with clients
Fall 2011
