About Holly
Holly Hawkins is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She also supports those facing addiction, grief, depression, and major life changes. Her approach is warm and direct, aimed at helping clients take practical steps forward.
Holly mixes client-centered listening with structured techniques when needed. She uses cognitive behavioral strategies to spot unhelpful thinking and DBT skills to handle intense emotions.
Background and approach
Mindfulness practices and motivational interviewing are also part of her toolkit to build lasting coping habits. With 12 years of experience, Holly draws on work with a wide range of concerns. She has provided individual counseling and led group sessions, and has coordinated care and referrals.
Her background includes work with people processing trauma and substance use issues. Sessions focus on realistic goals and clear plans. Holly emphasizes patience, respect, and practical problem solving in sessions.
She guides people to find strengths they already have and to try small changes that add up over time. People who choose her can expect straightforward conversation about what’s getting in the way and which tools might help. She helps clients practice skills between sessions and tracks progress together.
Holly invites people to begin with a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How Holly uses online approaches and therapeutic skills
Holly often combines client-centered work with cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to address stress, anxiety, and related challenges. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship so clients can set their own goals and pace. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify patterns of thinking and behavior that contribute to distress and teaches concrete strategies to change them. Dialectical behavior therapy adds skills for managing strong emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress without reactive behavior.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Holly discusses goals, preferences, and how someone responds to early strategies, then tailors the mix of methods accordingly. The process is collaborative and practical, with regular check-ins about what is or isn’t helping.
Online sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls let people have a more direct conversation and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging can support brief check-ins, skill practice, and notes between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to use the formats that feel most comfortable.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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