Why Choose Us?

We, the clinicians, maintain that we have experience working at or with organizations all around the Ohio valley.

Each of us have several agency and group practice experiences and we have found many of them wanting.

We decided to make the practice we all wanted to work for, to focus on loving our community, caring for our clients, and trying to be the good that we want to see in the mental health community.

Sean C. Harding 

PARTNER

Sean is passionate about people, and wants to help those in suffering, become the best-versions-of-themselves. Sean received his masters degree from Franciscan University of Steubenville Ohio and uses a solutions focused approach in his therapy, working together with his clients openly and honestly, toward their desired goals, health, wellness, and peace.

The bulk of his experience is in outpatient community mental health, but he has also worked in drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers working with individuals and groups. His primary focus is trauma counseling at the outpatient level of care which involves addressing issues with anxiety and depression as well as childhood/adult trauma, grief and loss, addiction, and other stressful events or adjustments in life. He currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife Rebecca, their children Joanna, Lucy, and Maximilian, and their dog Ophelia.

Nicole Hyland

PARTNER

Nicole is passionate about treating individuals in the Mahoning Valley who are experiencing distress, and who's lives have become unmanageable. She focuses on collaborating with her clients to identify problematic behaviors and assist them in replacing them with healthy coping strategies, all while using bespoke interventions.

Nicole received her undergraduate degree in psychology and sociology from Ohio State University, and her master's degree in counseling from Youngstown State University.

She specializes in trauma counseling which includes working with people who have abuse histories (emotional, physical, sexual), grief and loss, as well as other major life changes. She also specializes in mood disorders, anxiety, and personality disorders. 

Nicole believes that choosing to begin a personal journey is a difficult decision and can cause fear and anxiety, and that no one should have to go it alone. Nicole works to provide a safe, trusting environment in which her clients can begin to unburden themselves from their pasts and look forward to building a new and different future.

Nichole George Cannon

PARTNER

Nichole graduated holds a bachelors degree in psychology and master’s degree from Youngstown State University with a focus on clinical mental health and addiction. Her message is that it is not easy to go through life’s struggles. Nichole can provide a compassionate and empathetic atmosphere to help guide you through life’s transitions or difficult times. She can help you find the coping skills and tools to support you on your path to a healthier life. She has experience working with those recovering from addiction, grief, trauma, anxiety, and depression.

She emphasizes a holistic, person-centered therapy approach and is focused on building supportive relationships with her clients to help find the individualized care they need. She provides services for adults, adolescents, and children seeking help with addiction, adjustment disorder, anxiety, depression, PTSD, grief, chronic pain/illness, mood disorders, and personality disorders.

Lillian Williams

BILLER

Lilly is the office administrator and medical biller for Cornerstone Counseling.

She oversees the daily operations of the office and is responsible for processing and submitting billing data of medical claims to insurance companies. Lilly is originally from Tennessee where she attended Northeast State College and earned her degree in Sociology.

Lilly lives in Youngstown Ohio with Vic, her husband of 20 years, their 3 children Ashya, Nylis, and Kodah and 3 comical dogs Chevelle, Cash, and Gaia.