About Holly
Holly Goodman is a licensed clinical social worker who brings three decades of experience to therapy in North Carolina. She offers a warm, open-minded approach and believes people have value and capacity for change. Holly blends practical skills with a hopeful attitude to help people move forward.
Her work addresses a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship troubles, and addiction. She also supports people dealing with sleep and eating problems, intimacy and communication challenges, parenting strain, career questions, and major life transitions.
Background and approach
Additional focus areas include aging and geriatric issues, blended family matters, and end-of-life concerns. Holly uses a mix of approaches such as cognitive behavioral techniques, psychodynamic insight, solution-focused strategies, client-centered listening, and motivational tools. Sessions aim to increase self-awareness, identify patterns that cause pain, and develop concrete steps for change.
She explains ideas plainly and works with people to set realistic goals. Practically, Holly draws on coaching skills to address work-life balance and employment-related goals alongside therapy. Her style is interactive and sensitive, combining education and motivation to support improved mood and functioning.
She focuses on what each person wants to achieve and adapts methods to those aims. Starting therapy is framed as a first step toward understanding and change. Holly encourages people to talk about what matters most and to try approaches that fit their needs and pace.
How Holly's Approaches Work Online
Holly often uses cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused therapy in online sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior and helps people try new ways of thinking and acting to reduce anxiety, depression, or unhelpful habits. Solution-focused therapy centers on small, practical steps and finding past successes to build a path forward for relationship, work, or coping concerns.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Holly listens to each person's goals and preferences, then suggests methods to try. She treats the first few meetings as a chance to see what feels most helpful and adjusts course based on feedback and progress.
Online formats offered include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for a fuller conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or you need a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging suit quick check-ins, brief coaching moments, or when writing helps you reflect. These options make therapy easier to fit into busy schedules and varied needs.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English