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Hollis Greenspan

Compassionate, practical therapy for life transitions

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Credentials
LICSW
Experience
11 years
Licensed in
Massachusetts
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Hollis

Hollis Greenspan is a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) who focuses on practical, compassionate therapy. She speaks plainly and helps people notice patterns that get them stuck. Her work emphasizes empowering clients to make changes that matter in daily life.

She draws on mindfulness to help clients become aware of how thoughts and body sensations keep problems alive. Hollis uses body-oriented Focusing to help name physical feelings tied to issues.

Background and approach

She also practices Psychosynthesis, a way of noticing different parts of the self and helping those parts cooperate. Hollis trained in cultural anthropology at Tufts University and earned a master of arts in social work from the University of Connecticut. She also completed advanced counseling training at The Synthesis Center in Amherst, Massachusetts.

These studies shaped her interest in practical self-care habits like sleep and nutrition. Sessions tend to be conversational and down-to-earth. She brings warmth, gentle humor, and a nonjudgmental stance.

Therapy emphasizes awareness, new choices, and skills a person can use between sessions. Her clinical focus includes relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem, mood concerns such as depression and bipolar, anxiety and stress, grief, eating concerns, anger, career questions, and LGBT-related matters. Additional areas include body image, chronic illness, codependency, communication problems, divorce and separation, and life purpose.

Hollis works from Massachusetts and conducts therapy in English. She has 11 years of clinical experience and holds LICSW MA LICSW LICSW121484 as her professional credential.

Therapeutic approaches and online flexibility

Hollis uses client-centered and mindfulness-based methods to guide online work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and responding with empathy so a person can find their own answers; it helps with relationship concerns, self-esteem, and life transitions. Mindfulness therapy trains attention to thoughts and bodily sensations, which can reduce reactivity and help with anxiety, stress, and mood challenges.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Hollis discusses goals and preferences with each person and adjusts methods as needed. She helps people try techniques and notices together what fits best for their situation.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering practical flexibility for busy schedules. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while managing family and work commitments. Hollis aims to make therapy usable and accessible, focusing on clear steps and skills that translate into everyday life.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Existential Therapy

Takes the larger questions seriously: meaning, choice, mortality, responsibility. Suited to periods when the difficulty is less a symptom than a sense that something has to change.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Hollis address?
She works with relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem, depression, anxiety, stress, grief, eating concerns, anger, career questions, and LGBT matters among other areas.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
The approach is warm, practical, and conversational with an emphasis on mindfulness, noticing patterns, and learning skills that can be used between sessions.
What training and experience does she bring?
Hollis has 11 years of clinical experience and advanced counseling training from The Synthesis Center, with a master of arts in social work from the University of Connecticut.
Where is Hollis licensed and based?
She is a licensed independent clinical social worker working in Massachusetts and holds the credential MA LICSW LICSW121484.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Work with Hollis can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are costs and billing handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Hollis?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.

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Experience
11 years
Licensed
Massachusetts
Languages
English

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