Holly Duffy, LMFT
Skilled therapist focused on practical change
Details
| Name | Holly Duffy |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LMFT |
| Based in | California |
| Licensed in | California |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 15 |
About Holly
Holly Duffy is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 15 years of clinical experience in California. She focuses on practical, goal-oriented work to help people make changes in their thinking, habits, and relationships. Her style is warm and honest, combining straightforward conversation with creative tools when those fit a person's needs.
Holly tailors each session to the person in front of her. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, narrative ideas, and attachment-informed work to help people see patterns and try different responses.
Background and approach
Sessions may include problem-solving, skill practice, expressive activities, or just time to talk and reflect. Many people come to her for anxiety, stress, depression, trauma and abuse, or relationship struggles. She also supports people dealing with grief, parenting strains, caregiving stress, addictions, and life transitions.
Her additional focus areas include attachment issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, chronic illness, codependency, and dissociation. Holly combines practical steps with a creative outlook when helpful. She helps people set small goals, notice thinking habits, and try new behaviors that lead to clearer choices.
At times she uses artful or expressive exercises to build self-esteem and improve communication. Her approach is collaborative and adaptable. Holly works with clients to identify what matters most and to build repeatable habits toward those goals.
She describes therapy as guided practice - trying things in session and then using them in daily life.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Trauma and abuse among the things Holly works with, alongside the areas below.
- 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 listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Holly among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Holly among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Holly among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Holly among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Holly among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Holly among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Holly among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Holly among the ways she works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Holly among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Holly among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Holly directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Holly directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Approaches that shape online sessions
Holly often blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy in online work. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which helps with anxiety, depression, and habit change. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections, which can help with relationship worries and intimacy issues.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Holly talks with each person about their goals and preferences and then tries methods that fit those needs. She treats the work as collaborative - the therapist and client decide together what to try and adjust as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for longer therapeutic work. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or when a person prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging offer shorter check-ins or ongoing support between fuller sessions. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping the focus on the same therapeutic approaches used in person.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Holly supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and relationship struggles. She also addresses grief, parenting challenges, addictions, sleep and eating concerns, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm, connected, and direct when needed. She mixes clear, practical steps with creative or expressive methods if those help toward a person's goals.
What is her professional background?
She has 15 years of experience working with a wide range of emotional and relational issues. Her work emphasizes action-oriented change alongside reflective conversation.
Where is she licensed and based?
Holly is a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, practicing in California.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English. She also accepts clients who are located outside the United States.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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