About Jerard
Dr. Jerard Holton helps people manage stress, anxiety, mood struggles, and low self-esteem. He supports people facing career challenges, addiction concerns, relationship or intimacy questions, grief, trauma, and changes in life.
He frames sessions around practical steps and clear goals to ease day-to-day pressures. Dr. Holton holds a doctorate in public health and brings six years of professional experience in mental health.
He is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in Texas.
Background and approach
His background includes work with populations affected by trauma, addiction, and the stressors that come with demanding jobs. In sessions he listens first and then crafts a plan with each person. He uses approaches that focus on skills, personal stories, and present-day thinking to reduce distress and improve coping.
Many conversations focus on small, achievable changes rather than big overhauls. Clients who want practical tools may work on stress management, emotion regulation, and clearer communication. For those facing motivation or substance use concerns, he can include techniques to build momentum and healthier habits.
He also addresses issues like abandonment, attachment, and isolation when they affect daily life. He emphasizes respect and compassion while tailoring conversations to each person’s situation. The aim is to support gradual progress and help people feel more in control of their reactions and choices.
Sessions are straightforward and goal oriented.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the person’s perspective and aims to create a space where someone feels heard and understood. This approach helps people clarify their values, make decisions, and build confidence through respectful conversation.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical techniques to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms by changing unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, offers skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. It includes strategies for emotion regulation, tolerance of distress, and clearer communication to reduce conflict and impulsive responses.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and life context to decide which methods to try first, and will adjust the plan based on how things go. This collaborative process helps match tools to the problems that matter most.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video allows face-to-face conversation when available, phone needs less bandwidth, live chat can work for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, or busy routines while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma, Texas, Idaho, District of Columbia
- Languages
- English
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