About Shepherding Hope Counseling

Shepherding Hope Counseling provides relationship-centered care for people navigating mental illness, addiction-related concerns, and major life transitions. If you are looking for counseling in Huntsville, Shepherding Hope offers a thoughtful path forward grounded in established clinical approaches and evidence-informed standards.

Current services are provided by Billy R. Gilbert for adolescents ages 14 and older and adults. As Shepherding Hope grows, the practice intends to add clinicians who serve younger children, allowing the team to support a broader range of individuals and families.

Shepherding Hope is intentionally structured as a smaller, relationship-centered outpatient practice serving clients through telehealth across Alabama. The practice serves clients in Huntsville, Madison County, Owens Cross Roads, New Hope, and surrounding North Alabama communities.

Some people come to Shepherding Hope looking for behavioral health therapy in Huntsville and a setting where they can discuss mental health, addiction-related concerns, or major life changes without feeling rushed. The practice offers a relationship-centered approach through secure telehealth. Learn more about the practice’s counseling services in Huntsville.

Our Relational, Evidence-Informed Approach

Our clinical methods reflect a simple conviction: counseling in Huntsville should be grounded in research-supported approaches and tailored to each client’s goals, preferences, and clinical needs. Individual experiences and results vary.

Clinical Methods

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: an approach that examines connections among thoughts, emotions, and behavior.
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy: an approach that emphasizes emotional regulation, distress tolerance, mindfulness, and interpersonal effectiveness.
• Somatic Grounding: practices that use physical awareness to support nervous-system regulation during periods of stress.

Billy R. Gilbert, M.S., is an Associate Licensed Counselor (ALC) and National Certified Counselor (NCC) practicing under the supervision of Erica Player, LPC-S. Shepherding Hope provides counseling services within Billy’s current credentials, scope of practice, and approved supervision arrangement.

When selecting a counselor, it is important to understand the provider’s credentials, scope of practice, and supervision arrangement. Counseling is provided within applicable ethical, professional, and clinical standards.

Shepherding Hope is a 100% telehealth outpatient counseling practice. Services are provided only when the client is physically located in Alabama at the time of each session, subject to applicable law, clinical appropriateness, and availability. Clients must accurately identify their physical location at each session. There is no in-person office appointment option at this time.

Crisis and Emergency Information: This website, contact form, and Clarity Call are not emergency services and are not continuously monitored. If you are experiencing a life-threatening emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department. For mental-health crisis support in the United States, call or text 988. Do not use this website or scheduling system for urgent crisis assistance.