Clara E. Hill

Life

Hill was born on September 13, 1948, in Shivers, Simpson County, Mississippi. She earned a B.A. (1970) in psychology and an M.A. (1972) and Ph.D. (1974) in counseling psychology from the Southern Illinois University Carbondale. As an undergraduate research assistant, she worked under Alfred Lit from 1967 to 1970. She was a research assistant of John Snyder from 1970 to 1971. Hill completed an internship in the counseling center at the University of Florida from 1973 to 1974.

In 1974, Hill joined the University of Maryland, College Park department of psychology as an assistant professor. She was promoted to associate professor in 1978 and professor in 1985. Hills' career influences included Bill Anthony, Bruce Fretz, Paul G. Schauble, and John Snyder. She developed novel procedures to identify "moment-by-moment interactions between counselor and client." Hill also established new techniques pertaining to dreamwork. In 1990, Hill was president of the North American Society for Psychotherapy Research. From 1994 to 1999, she was the editor of the Journal of Counseling Psychology. Hill was the 1995 president of the Society for Psychotherapy Research.