CJ Hilliard is a dedicated mental health professional currently serving as a Therapist at For Real Therapy since June 2023 and as a Board Member and Content Strategist for Conquer Life Foundation since August 2021. With experience as a Mentor at Adler University, CJ offers guidance to mentees on various professional skills, while also contributing as a Research Assistant at the Center for Adlerian Practice and Scholarship. Previous roles include extern positions at the University of Chicago, Andersonville Behavioral Health, and Garfield Park Behavioral Hospital, where CJ provided therapy and conducted psychological assessments. CJ's background also includes crisis intervention and research assistance in multiple labs, reflecting a strong foundation in clinical psychology. Currently pursuing a Doctor of Psychology degree at Adler University, CJ holds a Master of Arts and Bachelor of Arts in Clinical Psychology and Psychology, respectively.
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NASAP: North American Society of Adlerian Psychology
NASAP is an association of professionals, students and lay persons united by their study and practice of the positive, holistic principles of Individual Psychology formulated by Viennese psychiatrist, Alfred Adler (1870-1937), and a desire to share practical applications of those principles. Membership, open to all, affords access to a welcoming community of leaders in the field, the latest research, education and mentoring. Members include mental health practitioners, family educators, teachers and school counselors, clergy, professors, authors, students, researchers, persons in business and organization development specialists. Core principles include understanding human behavior as socially embedded and goal oriented. The translation (from the German) of Adler’s theory title as “individual” psychology is better understood as “indivisible”: Adler conceptualized personality as undivided. He posited a mind-body connection confirmed in recent brain science and illness investigation. Adler identified the strong human need to belong, and to compensate for feelings of inferiority by striving to overcome. Adlerian Psychology is optimistic: “social interest” – concern for the welfare of the community – is a key concept. Adler’s principles form the basis for all positive psychologies, widely adopted counseling and organizational applications, and well-known, highly respected parent education programs. Through NASAP’s Journal of Individual Psychology, periodic newsletters, conference call seminars, an annual conference and the efforts of local Affiliate Organizations throughout the United States and Canada, members share research, experience, teaching strategies and refreshed approaches to the pragmatic ideas proposed by Alfred Adler and Rudolf Dreikurs, the founder of NASAP.