About Holly
Holly Gerety is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) based in Massachusetts who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She also supports people dealing with relationship challenges, grief, low self-esteem, and major life changes. Her approach is warm and nonjudgmental, focused on practical steps that make daily life easier.
Holly draws on twenty years of clinical experience to tailor care to each person. Sessions are collaborative - she listens first, then helps you name goals and try techniques that fit your life.
Background and approach
Many people work on coping skills, emotion regulation, and improving communication. She uses a mix of straightforward methods including cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness practice, and narrative ways of understanding problems. These tools help with worry, repetitive negative thoughts, and patterns that get in the way of relationships.
Motivational interviewing elements are used when someone needs help finding momentum for change. In therapy Holly emphasizes building on existing strengths. She helps people create simple routines for sleep and stress, practice skills between sessions, and notice small gains.
Work can include problem solving for workplace stress, addressing body image or social anxiety, and coping with caregiver strain. Holly welcomes conversations about identity and life purpose, including support for LGBT concerns. She also offers support for blended family issues, divorce and separation, and other family-origin topics.
If someone wants a practical, steady guide through change, Holly focuses on realistic steps and steady progress.
Therapeutic approaches you can access online
Holly commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and creating an accepting space so people can clarify values, express emotions, and decide what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at thought and behavior patterns and teaches practical strategies to reduce worry, improve sleep, and change unhelpful habits.Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist and client talk about goals and try methods that fit the person’s situation and comfort level. Adjustments are made over time so the work stays relevant and useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video works well when visual connection helps the work. Phone sessions can be easier when video is not possible or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, skill practice between sessions, or when writing feels more natural. These options aim to make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on progress and practical tools.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
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