- CBT approaches
- DBT skills
- Motivational interviewing
About Holly
Holly Abbott is an LPC - licensed professional counselor - with 16 years of clinical experience in Georgia. She works with adults on everyday struggles such as anxiety, depression, anger, relationship stress, parenting concerns, grief, and life changes. Sessions address practical problems as well as longer-standing patterns that make daily life harder.
Before focusing on private practice, she has worked in schools and local agencies. That background shaped her experience with youth, adolescents, and adults across a range of situations. Her work has included trauma and abuse, ADHD, autism, and caregiving stresses among other concerns.
Holly uses straightforward methods drawn from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, motivational interviewing, existential thinking, and solution-focused techniques. She favors clear strategies people can use between sessions, like behavior changes, skills practice, and short goal-focused exercises.
In sessions she aims to be direct and practical. Conversations often start with what is most pressing - for example ongoing anger, trouble communicating, or difficulty managing stress - then move to small steps the person can try right away. Holly helps people notice patterns, try different responses, and check what is working.
Her experience includes work with relationship issues, parenting, intimacy-related concerns, career stress, compassion fatigue, adoption and foster care topics, chronic illness and caregiving, codependency, and commitment or control issues. She sees clients in Georgia and conducts work in English. To begin, clients use a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Holly uses client-centered thinking and cognitive behavioral therapy in straightforward ways. Client-centered work means the conversation centers on the person’s concerns and goals. It helps when someone needs a clearer sense of priorities or wants someone to listen and reflect without jumping to solutions. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers concrete exercises to test new behaviors and reduce anger or anxiety.She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills for emotional regulation and distress tolerance. DBT-style skills are useful when someone needs short, practical tools to manage strong feelings, improve communication, or recover from setbacks. Choosing which approaches to emphasize is collaborative; the therapist and client decide what fits current goals and what to try first.
Confirm the current session formats before booking, since the biography does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and avoid travel to an office. These practical benefits help people keep therapy consistent while testing new skills in their daily routines.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
16+ years
Listed in
Georgia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address related to anger?
She works with anger alongside related issues such as relationship conflict, stress, resentment, communication problems, and parenting strain.
What is her general approach in sessions?
Her style is practical and goal-focused, using client-centered work plus CBT and DBT tools to teach skills and try new behaviors between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 16 years of experience in counseling settings including schools, local agencies, and private practice.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is an LPC - licensed professional counselor - and provides services in Georgia.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.