About Us

Hiichido (aka Hiichido Licensed Clinical Social Worker Professional Corporation is a Native woman owned business offering mental health services to children, youth, and adults from all backgrounds. Our team carries strong ancestral roots that seed from the original people of the land now known as California. We take honor and pride in who we are and seek to create a safe space to honor who you are.

We have a variety of experience and specialties, listed in each therapist’s bio below.

Meet the Therapists

Schedule a Consultation with Kiana

  • Manahüü! (Hello!) I am Kiana Maillet and I am a member of the Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe. I was born and raised in Lone Pine, California and currently live on the traditional homelands of the Kumeyaay.  I provide individual therapy as well as parent/child attachment therapy via telehealth to those residing throughout California.

    For therapists, I am an EMDRIA Approved Consultant providing EMDR Consultation for therapists working towards certification or just needing extra support.  I also provide general consultation to therapists with a focus on Trauma, EMDR, neurodiversity/nuerodivergence, high stress careers, children and families, and Native American populations.

    Specialization and Experience

    Throughout my career, I have focused on trauma, anxiety, depression, and attachment

    My experience includes working with people from a variety of backgrounds including, Native and Indigenous populations, non-Native populations, youth, young adults/transitional age youth, former foster youth, elders, 2SLGBTQIA+, people in recovery, as well as those in the entertainment industry, and high stress careers.

    Depending on the modality we agree on, your sessions will be tailored to your needs.  This could be anything from basic coping skills to deep attachment trauma work.  I like to be creative (when appropriate) and utilize a client’s personal strengths and interests to help with healing. I am also a huge fan of fidgets and strongly encourage them if needed!

    Professional Trainings and Certifications

    I am a Registered Play Therapists (TM), Certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and also an EMDRIA Approved Consultant, a Certified Perinatal Mental Health Professional (PMH-C), AutPlay Certified, and Geek Therapy® Certified. In addition, I have training in Brainspotting, Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Theraplay, Expressive Arts Therapy, Motivational Interviewing (MI), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Internal Family Systems (IFS).

    Education

    My educational background includes a Doctorate in Educational Leadership (Ed.D), Masters Degrees in Social Work (MSW) and Public Administration (MPA), Bachelors Degrees in Psychology and Child and Family Development and Associates Degrees in Child Development and Liberal Studies.

    Personal

    I am a mom, sister, auntie, and grandmother. I love being outdoors and I enjoy going on long backpacking trips, short hikes, or just sitting at the beach in the evenings. I also love live music and going to shows whenever I have time.

    Please reach out to me when you are ready to get started

    Therapy $200 / Session

Schedule a Consultation with Whitney

  • Míyaxwe! I am Whitney Liera Espinoza and I am a member of the Cahuilla Band of Indians. I grew up on the Cahuilla Reservation and currently live with my husband and children in the traditional homelands of the Payómkawichum people.  I provide individual and couples therapy via telehealth to those residing throughout California.

    Specialization and Experience

    Throughout my career I have focused on working with trauma, victim services, relationship building, anxiety, depression, domestic violence, and prevention and intervention.

    My experience includes working with people from a variety of backgrounds including, Native and Indigenous populations, non-Native populations, youth, young adults/transitional age youth, elders, 2SLGBTQIA+, people in recovery, and others.

    I take a strength based and client centered approach to working with the community in a therapeutic setting.

    Professional Trainings and Certifications

    I am currently working under the supervision of Kiana Maillet, Ed.D, LCSW and my clinical training includes Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Honoring Children, Mending the Circle: Cultural Adaptation of Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for American Indian and Alaska Native Children, and Motivational Interviewing.

     Education

    My educational background includes a Master’s Degree in Social Work from San Diego State University and I have a BA in psychology from the University of California, San Diego. I have certificates in Mental Health First Aid (youth and adult), Question, Persuade, and Refer Suicide Prevention (QPR), and Positive Indian Parenting

    Personal

    I am a mom of four kids and a dog, and outside of work I enjoy baking, running, and beading.

    Therapy: $150/ Session : Reduced rates may be available if needed.

Our brand

Our logo encompasses all of the elements of Hiichido. We worked with Charlie Buffalo Design and Print, LLC to help bring our vision to life as we knew that this Nüümü Hupi (Paiute Woman) would design it in a good way. We asked her about her process in creating the logo, and what she wrote was so beautiful that we asked to include it here on our website for everyone to read. Please see below for the Artist Statement. We would also like to thank Teresa M. LeBeau of the California Pine-nuts page for giving us permission to use some of her beautiful pinecone pictures.

Hiichido Artist Statement (Charlene Buff from Charlie Buffalo Design and Print

Key Elements: Hiichido (Dragonfly), Plant Medicines (Sage + Indian Tea), Basketry, Payahuunadu & Paya (Water)

The evening that Kiana and I had our first brainstorming session over Zoom I sat on the patio in my backyard. After the meeting I sat and talked with my partner about the serendipitous project that had landed in front of me. Just months before I had told him that I wanted to start studying the plant medicine of Payahüünadü when we moved home this summer. As we sat there talking and taking in the sunset, we watched dozens of hiichido (dragonflies) flying over head. That was when I knew that I wanted to include the purple hues of a summer sunset. On a late afternoon drive later that week along the Owens River east of town I saw Payahüünadü with paya flowing abundantly down the middle of a sunset sky the same color and that inspired the background of the logo.

A few days later I took the hills to gather plant medicine for this project, this felt very special to me. I gathered 4 different types of plant, two that Kiana had mentioned and a couple that I had liked, in the end I decided on the tudupi (Indian Tea) and Sagebrush because these are abundant medicines that grow in Payahüünadü. One being known to heal from the outside in and one known to heal from the inside out. 

  • Tudupi (green ephedra/ephedra viridian) my grandmother called this Indian Tea. After lots of reading I found that this plant is super potent, it was used to treat a variety of ailments internally as well as externally. Like so many medicines tudupi can be a blessing but it can also be extremely hard on the heart. This is why it is best used as a poultice to treat external wounds. 

  • Sawape (Sagebrush/Artemisia tridentata) I think we both agreed that the design definitely needed sage in some form. Our desert sagebrush is really amazing, given that it is most known for smudging and cooking, something that felt most healing was the constant aroma in the valley and the way it changes, especially during summer thunderstorms. 


Kiana asked me to incorporate basketry into the design and I knew that I wanted to make that design unique to Kiana and her family. The pattern from the basket was inspired by the hat band and ribbon work on the sleeves of her graduation cap & gown. This felt like a significant element to the design as this is what is holding everything together as baskets are meant to do.