Dr. Chyna Hill
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, PMH-C, EMDR-C
Specializing in perinatal trauma, EMDR Intensives, and strategic trauma processing
I’m really glad you found your way here. My work sits at the intersection of trauma recovery, maternal mental health, and culturally affirming care for Black women and families. I specialize in working with women who appear highly capable on the outside but feel internally depleted. Many of my clients are leaders, professionals, mothers, and cycle-breakers. They are managing careers, relationships, and caregiving responsibilities while carrying unresolved trauma, chronic stress, or postpartum shifts that feel harder than expected.
Meet Dr. Chyna
Dr. Hill is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker providing EMDR intensives to clients statewide in California & Georgia
My clinical approach is structured, strategic, and trauma-informed. EMDR is my primary modality because it allows us to move beyond insight and into reprocessing. We do not only talk about what happened. We help your brain and nervous system metabolize it so it no longer dictates your present. When appropriate, I integrate Motivational Interviewing, trauma-focused CBT, and structured problem-solving frameworks. Every treatment plan is individualized. There is no formulaic work here.
Before co-founding the Black Girls Mental Health Collective and Foundation, I worked in private foster care, child welfare systems, group homes, and domestic and sexual violence settings supporting survivors of trafficking and intimate partner violence. Those experiences shaped my understanding of how trauma, policy, and systemic inequities intersect in real lives. That lens continues to inform how I practice today.
I hold a PhD in Social Work and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Southern California’s Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society, where I focused on addressing systemic inequities through research and technology. My research background sharpens how I think clinically. I am always asking: What is happening at the root? What pattern is repeating? What needs to be reprocessed so you can move forward differently?
I am also a mother. I have personally navigated postpartum depression. My lived experience does not replace clinical expertise, but it deepens my empathy and strengthens my commitment to this work. I understand the quiet shame, the disorientation, and the grief that can accompany motherhood, especially for women who are used to functioning at a high level.
Clients often describe my style as grounded, direct, and steady. I will hold space for your pain. I will also challenge you to examine the beliefs, patterns, and survival strategies that no longer serve you. Healing is not about becoming someone new. It is about reclaiming who you were before trauma, pressure, and performance shaped you.
We Might Be a Good Fit If…
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You are pregnant or postpartum, and your nervous system feels like it has been stuck in overdrive. You may be functioning at work and holding everything together, but internally you feel anxious, overwhelmed, irritable, disconnected, or emotionally exhausted.
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You have lived through trauma that did not start with motherhood. Childhood trauma. Relationship trauma. Sexual trauma. Medical trauma. System harm. Now that you are pregnant or parenting, it feels closer to the surface and harder to ignore. You do not want coping skills only. You want to heal it at the root.
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You are looking for EMDR with an EMDR Certified Practitioner, and you want a structured approach that helps your brain and body finally process what happened so you are no longer living in survival mode.
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You are a high-achieving Black woman who is used to being competent, capable, and in control, but you are quietly unraveling behind the scenes. You want therapy that respects your intelligence and time. You want a clinician who is grounded, direct, culturally aware, and strategic.
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You are grieving something that others minimize or do not see. The birth you did not have. The pregnancy you lost. The version of yourself before the baby. The relationship that changed. You want space to name the grief, process it, and move forward without being rushed
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You live in California or Georgia and want culturally affirming care that understands how race, gender, systems, and motherhood intersect. You do not want to explain why maternal mortality statistics matter. You want a therapist who already understands the context.
EMDR Intensives
with Dr. Chyna Hill
For women who are ready to move beyond weekly therapy and into focused, structured trauma work, I offer private EMDR Intensives.
These intensives are designed for clients who:
Are carrying unresolved trauma that continues to surface
Feel stuck in repeating emotional or relational patterns
Want meaningful change without spending years circling the same material
Value depth, structure, and efficiency
Prefer a contained, strategic approach to trauma processing
Unlike traditional weekly sessions, EMDR intensives create a protected, immersive space for deep reprocessing. Instead of stopping just as your nervous system begins to engage, we stay with the work long enough for your brain to complete the processing cycle. I offer intensives one week per month to preserve the depth and integrity of this work.
EMDR intensives are designed for women who are ready to move beyond insight and into measurable change. If you are seeking structured, culturally affirming trauma reprocessing, the next step is a consultation to determine fit. If you are ready to begin, reach out via email to start the consultation process.