Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Coping with life changes
How Holly works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCPC, LMHC
- Licensed in
- Illinois, Florida
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Holly
Holly Caruso is a licensed clinician who helps people manage anger, stress, and anxiety. She offers steady support for life changes, relationship struggles, and recovery from trauma. Holly brings 20 years of experience to conversations about identity, work stress, and self-esteem.
She focuses on practical strategies that fit into daily life. Sessions often include concrete tools for handling strong emotions and resolving communication problems. Holly helps people break down big problems into steps they can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Her background includes licenses as an LCPC and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor. She has worked with people facing grief, addiction, eating concerns, and mood disorders. That experience guides how she shapes short- and long-term plans with clients.
Holly uses a mix of approaches, including client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and mindfulness. She adapts methods to what the person finds helpful rather than following a single formula. This keeps the work focused and practical.
In sessions she emphasizes clear goals and small changes that add up. People learn breathing and grounding skills, ways to rethink unhelpful thoughts, and steps for improving communication. Holly supports each person in choosing what to try next and checks progress along the way.
What Holly works with
Everything Holly lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Holly's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Holly lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Holly Uses Practical Approaches Online
Holly often blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness when meeting online. Client-centered therapy means she listens closely and follows the person's lead to build trust and goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying thought patterns and testing small behavior changes to reduce anger and anxiety. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple awareness and breathing practices to calm intense emotions and improve focus.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Holly collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and day-to-day life. She checks in on what helps and adjusts the plan as progress is made or needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls work well for longer conversations and skills practice, while phone sessions are useful when video is difficult. Live chat or text messaging can fit short check-ins, quick coping reminders, or scheduling needs. These options help people fit therapy into work breaks, busy caregiving days, or other routines.
Questions people ask about Holly
What concerns does she address?
Holly works with a wide range of concerns including anger, stress, anxiety, grief, addictions, relationship issues, trauma and many life changes.
What is her general approach to therapy?
She uses client-centered methods combined with cognitive behavioral and mindfulness techniques to build practical skills and clearer thinking.
How much experience does she have?
Holly has 20 years of clinical experience supporting people through mood concerns, identity questions, and life transitions.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LCPC and Licensed Mental Health Counselor credentials and practices from Florida.
Which languages are offered and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Holly offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.