- Years in practice
- 15
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Holly
Holly Duffy is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 15 years of clinical experience in California. She centers sessions on each person’s goals and practical steps for change, pairing straightforward conversation with creative options when helpful. Her style is warm and connected, and she is willing to be direct when the situation calls for it.
Holly helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, mood shifts, and life transitions.
Background and approach
She also supports those navigating relationship challenges, grief, addiction concerns, parenting questions, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. Her practice includes work with attachment struggles, ADHD, trauma and dissociation, and caregiving stress. Her approach often blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - a practical method that links thoughts, behaviors, and emotions - with more relational and expressive techniques.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy is used when relationship patterns and emotional bonds are the focus. She may also draw on Jungian and existential ideas to help people explore meaning and identity. Sessions are adapted to the individual.
Sometimes that means concrete behavioral steps and homework. Other times it’s simple talk therapy or creative expression to build self-esteem and insight. Holly aims to help clients notice small changes in thinking and behavior that add up over time.
She accepts people in California and welcomes international clients who speak English. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.
What Holly works with
Everything Holly lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Holly helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Holly lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Holly's Approaches Work Online
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional reactions. Online sessions using this approach help people notice relational patterns and try new ways of connecting with others. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on practical steps that link thoughts, behaviors, and emotions; it helps with anxiety, depression, habits, and sleep by using clear exercises and doable homework. Emotionally-Focused Therapy centers on feelings and interaction patterns in close relationships and can help people rewrite how they respond in tense moments.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Holly will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. She treats the decision as a collaboration and adjusts methods as progress and needs evolve.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options give flexibility for different schedules, energy levels, and comfort with being on camera.
Questions people ask about Holly
What kinds of concerns does Holly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting questions, grief, addictions, and other life changes listed in her specialties.
What is her general approach in sessions?
Her style is warm and connected, often direct when needed. She mixes practical steps with talk and creative options based on each person's needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Holly has 15 years of experience practicing as a licensed marriage and family therapist in California.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, practicing in California.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, and she also accepts international clients who speak English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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