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Online therapist

Holly Duffy

Therapist focused on practical change and creativity

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Credentials
LMFT
Experience
15 years
Licensed in
California
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Holly

Holly Duffy is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 15 years of experience based in California. She helps people set clear goals and make practical changes when life feels overwhelming. Her manner mixes warmth and creativity with direct, honest guidance when needed.

Holly adapts her work to each person instead of using a one-size-fits-all plan. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through concrete steps.

Background and approach

Holly often blends that with expressive or creative techniques when those approaches suit a client’s style. She also uses emotionally focused ideas to address relationship patterns and attachment concerns. Sessions cover a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, and parenting.

Additional focuses include attachment issues, adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and communication problems. Holly works with matters like self-esteem, boundaries, intimacy-related concerns, ADHD, and coping with life changes. Her style is practical and collaborative.

She listens, helps identify small actions, and checks what actually works in daily life. Some people use talk therapy alone; others include creative exercises or homework to build new habits. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions.

Billing uses a cancellable subscription model that varies by location and therapist availability.

How Holly’s approaches translate to online care

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional responses. Online sessions can use this approach to identify patterns in how someone connects, and to practice new ways of relating in real time. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets specific thinking and behavior patterns with practical exercises and homework. It works well online because skills and assignments transfer easily to daily life and can be reviewed during video or text sessions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy looks at emotional responses within relationships and helps people shift the patterns that keep them stuck. In remote work this can mean guided conversations that reveal underlying feelings and create different interaction habits.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what a person has tried before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made so sessions stay focused and useful.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats allow appointments from home, ease scheduling around work or caregiving, and let people use the communication style they prefer. Licensed professionals can guide practical change and learning through these remote options while keeping the work grounded in everyday steps and skills.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)

Attends to the emotions underneath a recurring argument or distance, and to the attachment needs driving them. Often used where a relationship keeps returning to the same painful loop.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns can Holly address?
Holly works with many issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, parenting, and relationship concerns. She also focuses on attachment problems, caregiver stress, chronic illness, ADHD, and communication difficulties.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is warm and creative while remaining direct when needed. She tailors sessions to each person, combining practical steps with expressive techniques as appropriate.
What is her experience and background?
She has 15 years of clinical experience and uses a mix of approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and emotionally focused methods alongside creative work.
What credentials and location information are on record?
Holly is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with the California license CA LMFT 111286 and practices from California.
Which languages and international arrangements are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different needs.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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Experience
15 years
Licensed
California
Languages
English

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