About Hollis
Hollis Greenspan is a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) based in Massachusetts. She focuses on anxiety alongside relationship, mood, and identity concerns. Hollis aims to help people notice unhelpful patterns and make practical changes they can live with.
She draws on client-centered work to build trusting conversations that center the person's experience. Mindfulness practices are used to calm agitation and to teach simple skills for staying present during stressful moments.
Background and approach
Psychodynamic ideas help connect current struggles to long-standing patterns so people can see where change is possible. Hollis also uses body-oriented techniques such as Focusing to help people name and understand bodily sensations linked to emotions. She values an approach that recognizes different parts of the self and encourages those parts to cooperate rather than clash.
Many clients find this helps with shame, self-esteem, and chronic self-criticism. She has a master of social work from the University of Connecticut and an advanced counseling certificate from The Synthesis Center in Amherst. Hollis has 11 years of clinical experience and a background in cultural anthropology from Tufts University.
Her practice is informed by Buddhist philosophy without requiring any spiritual practice from clients. Hollis pays attention to practical self-care such as sleep and nutrition alongside psychological work. She brings warmth, gentle humor, and a collaborative spirit to sessions, and she focuses on helping people regain a sense of agency and purpose.
Therapeutic approaches that translate to online care
Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and building a trusting conversation so the person feels heard and understood; online sessions let that work happen through video or phone while focusing on the client's priorities. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce anxiety and stress in day-to-day life; these exercises can be practiced during a video call or reinforced through text-based reminders.Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals, and what feels helpful, then try methods that suit those aims. Over time the plan can shift based on what actually helps, and clients are invited to give feedback so the work stays practical and relevant.
Online formats offer flexibility and make it easier to fit care into busy lives. Video calls are useful for in-depth conversations and guided practices. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is low or when a person prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, skill practice between sessions, or ongoing contact without a full session. These options help people maintain continuity while juggling work, caregiving, or travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Sexuality
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
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