Dr. Hilary S. Berger, Ed.D., LPC. is the founder of Work Like a Mother®, the creator of an award-winning career counseling method integrating careers, mental health and motherhood, is a Certified EMDR Therapist, has advanced REBT training, and is a passionate therapeutically focused Career Counselor. She proudly serves women across the lifespan specializing in counseling stay-at-home mothers, women working outside the home, college students, graduates, and career changers at all stages of their lives. She is the founder and CEO of a nationwide career counseling service for women, Work Like a Mother®. For over 25 years Hilary has passionately counseled mothers to reintegrate and rebuild their professional purpose, career competencies, and most importantly their confidence and mental health while raising children. Hilary has partnered with indeed.com, pioneered and successfully served over 3500 women through her solution-oriented comprehensive career counseling system designed exclusively through the unique lens of women's life stages and the realities of mother's lives. She has been privileged to present the Work Like a Mother® career development model at the global National Career Development Association annual conference and is honored to be interviewed by numerous media outlets to raise awareness about issues facing professional women who become mothers.The Work LIke a Mother® counseling method was awarded the MNYCCPOA Alva Cooper Award for Best Practices in Career Development and Innovation in her field in 2021. She is honored to train counselors in the Work Like a Mother® counseling method at this year's Professional Development Institute at the Global NCDA Conference in June 2024. She is unapologetically dedicated to shaping a new narrative and intuitive wellness-based framework for young women to adopt a professional and lifestyle roadmap for their future where motherhood is acknowledged as a legitimate aspect of their career journey. In addition to her work with Work Like a Mother®, she is in private practice, works as a clinician for Mella Health LLC is also a highly experienced college administrator, counselor, and adjunct instructor in psychology and career services at both private universities and public community colleges for over 20 years. She is the author of Work Like a Mother®, and Soul Full, self-guided workbooks, now available on on Amazon.