Robert Hilliker
Clinical Social Worker - LCSW-S, LCDC
Robert Hilliker, LCSW-S, LCDC received his Master’s degree from the University of Houston’s Graduate College of Social Work. Following graduation Robert pursued additional training working as a Post-Graduate Social Work Fellow at The Menninger Clinic. He then completed a two-year fellowship at the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies. Currently, Robert is a doctoral student at the Institute for Clinical Social Work in Chicago, IL.
He worked for three years at The Council on Alcohol and Drugs Houston where he served as the Manager of Executive and Treatment Services. As a therapist in the adult intensive outpatient program he provided clinical treatment services to individuals, couples, families, and groups.
Robert worked at The Daring Way LLC with Dr. Brené Brown where he served as the Chief Clinical Officer for over three years. He has facilitated this methodology across diverse settings including Baylor Psychiatry Clinic, The Menninger Clinic, and The Council on Alcohol and Drugs Houston.
In April 2014, Robert co-founded and became the Managing Partner for The Lovett Center LLC with his business partner, Will Davis. The Lovett Center is a community of helping professionals that offers traditional lease space, part-time office space, as well as opportunities for collaboration and continued learning for therapists.
Robert works with patients in private practice at The Lovett Center and serves as the Clinical Director for the Center for Integrative Healing (CFIH) at The Lovett Center. CFIH offers intensive outpatient, supportive outpatient, and aftercare programming for people struggling with addiction and co-occurring mental health issues. Robert’s private practice focuses on work with professionals, addictive disorders, shame resiliency, and behavioral health issues. He provides individual, couples, family, and group psychotherapy.
Robert lives in Houston with his wife, Maria, and their daughters, Anna, Carmela, and Mary.
Skills and Expertise
Addiction
Couples therapy
Depression
Dual Diagnosis
Family of Origin Issues
Narcissistic Personality
Substance Use
Treatment Orientation
Couple and Family Systems Therapy
Psychodynamic
Psychoanalytic
Modality
Couples
Family
Group
Individuals