General Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Psychoanalysis: Private Practice, New Haven, Connecticut.
Dr. Hills brings decades of extensive clinical and organizational experience to the profession. He specializes in long-term therapeutic relationships with people motivated to find a workable path toward more gratifying living.
Oscar F. Hills, M.D.
Dr. Hills has maintained a private practice in psychiatry and psychoanalysis in New Haven since 1990. He was also Chief of the Psychiatric Emergency Room at the West Haven VA Hospital for 14 years as well as Firm Director of Acute Psychiatric Services there. He has been an active teacher and supervisor of medical students, residents, and psychoanalytic candidates. He is currently Chair of the Education Committee at the Western New England Institute for Psychoanalysis, and still in full-time private practice, both virtually and in-person.
Psychiatry
Dr. Hills has practiced general adult and adolescent psychiatry for decades and regularly treats all levels of psychiatric illness and disturbance. He is also comfortable collaborating with additional clinicians and institutions.
Psychoanalysis
Dr. Hills is a sophisticated psychoanalyst whose work is informed by experience reaching from the deep tradition of Freudian ego psychology to current day neuroscience and complexity theory. He is a high-dimensional thinker who recognizes high-quality information, from the mechanical to the poetic.
Consultation
Dr. Hills is a knowledgeable and highly valued lecturer, supervisor, teacher, organizational consultant, and expert witness. He continues to make himself as available as possible for these activities as time allows.
Welcome to Bradley Street, New Haven.
The building is the home of the Western New England Institute for Psychoanalysis as well as a number of private offices for mental health care providers, including Dr. Hills.
Privacy and Confidentiality
Privacy and confidentiality are of transcendent importance in mental health treatment and there are ways to be sure everything is as secure as it needs to be. One of the best ways to secure documents and email is to use Pretty Good Privacy, an open-source factoring algorithm for encryption. Below is Dr. Hills’s PGP Public Key. You can click on the box below to expand the key and copy it to your clipboard. That public key can be used to encrypt files, .zip bundles, and documents which can then be emailed safely to Dr. Hills on the Clear Web. They can only be decrypted by him.
Proton Email
Another effective way to communicate by secure email is to open a Proton Mail account. Proton Mail is a Swiss end-to-end encrypted email service in Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland. Proton uses client-side encryption to protect email content and user data before they are sent to Proton Mail servers, unlike other common email providers such as Gmail and Outlook.com. The address to the right is Dr. Hills’s Proton Mail email address.
Dr. Hills’s Proton Email Address
Quick and Easy Payment
Please note that the most secure payment method is to send a written check to the office address. Other payment gateways are provided here, but please discuss with Dr. Hills before using them to be sure your privacy is adequately protected.
Then, click or tap the box you would like. The first reveals a link to payment in a new browser tab. The second allows you to enter a note and an amount right there, and process it in a modal dialog box.
The QR Codes revealed in the last two boxes lead you to those payment gateways via your phone.
You can explore any of these easily without making a payment.
Curriculum Vitae
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