- Goal focused
- CBT informed
- Creative therapies
About Holly
Holly Duffy is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 15 years of clinical experience in California. She focuses on helping people reach specific goals and make practical life changes while navigating emotional, behavioral, relational, and traumatic concerns. Her manner is warm and connected, with room for direct honesty when needed. Holly tailors each counseling plan to the individual rather than offering one-size-fits-all care.
Holly often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which encourages grounded, concrete action in thinking, habits, emotions, and behavior. She pairs this with creative or expressive methods when those approaches help someone build self esteem or improve relationships. Plain talk therapy is also part of her toolbox and can be used alone or alongside expressive work depending on a person’s needs.
Her sessions tend to focus on real-world steps people can try between meetings. She helps clients notice patterns, test new behaviors, and adjust small routines to support change. That practical emphasis is aimed at increasing daily satisfaction and motivation over time.
Holly works with a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, bipolar disorder, addiction, grief, and relationship or intimacy-related problems. She also addresses issues like ADHD, caregiver stress, attachment problems, and codependency when these affect a person’s goals.
People who want down-to-earth guidance, creative options, and clear strategies for change may find her style a good match. To begin, she asks prospective clients to follow the site's Start Therapy flow and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.
Holly often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which encourages grounded, concrete action in thinking, habits, emotions, and behavior. She pairs this with creative or expressive methods when those approaches help someone build self esteem or improve relationships. Plain talk therapy is also part of her toolbox and can be used alone or alongside expressive work depending on a person’s needs.
Her sessions tend to focus on real-world steps people can try between meetings. She helps clients notice patterns, test new behaviors, and adjust small routines to support change. That practical emphasis is aimed at increasing daily satisfaction and motivation over time.
Holly works with a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, bipolar disorder, addiction, grief, and relationship or intimacy-related problems. She also addresses issues like ADHD, caregiver stress, attachment problems, and codependency when these affect a person’s goals.
People who want down-to-earth guidance, creative options, and clear strategies for change may find her style a good match. To begin, she asks prospective clients to follow the site's Start Therapy flow and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.