Holly Duffy, LMFT
California · 15 years in practice
Holly Duffy is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 15 years of clinical experience in California.
License and registration
- LMFT, California
- 111286 · expires January 2027
- NPI
- 1518230150 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Holly
Holly Duffy is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 15 years of clinical experience in California. She helps people clarify goals and make practical changes while they cope with emotional, relational, and behavioral challenges. Holly blends talk therapy with expressive methods when that fits a person's style and needs.
Her manner is warm and creative yet direct when a situation calls for clear feedback. Holly tailors each counseling plan to the individual.
Background and approach
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people shift thinking patterns and everyday habits. She layers creative exercises when they boost self-esteem or help process difficult feelings. She also draws on Jungian ideas about meaning and symbols to help people connect with deeper personal themes.
Attachment-based methods inform how she looks at relationship patterns and emotional responses. These approaches are selected to match what a person wants to work on and how they prefer to work. Holly has supported people through stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, mood concerns such as depression and bipolar, and struggles with addiction and ADHD.
She also addresses parenting stress, caregiver strain, and issues like abandonment or attachment wounds. Her aim is to help people notice small shifts that add up to steady progress. Sessions tend to be collaborative and down-to-earth.
Holly helps people set realistic steps and practice new skills between meetings. She encourages steady learning and small actions that move toward the life someone wants.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Holly lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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 Holly names
- Jungian Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches shape online care
Holly often blends Jungian Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address both deep meaning and practical change. Jungian ideas help people notice recurring symbols, dreams, and life themes that influence choices and mood, which can be useful for exploring identity, meaning, and long-standing patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on concrete steps - changing unhelpful thoughts and habits - and works well for anxiety, depression, and behavior change.She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationship patterns affect current emotional life and close connections. That approach helps people spot automatic reactions in relationships and try new ways of relating. Choosing an approach is a joint process; the therapist and client decide together which methods fit best based on goals, comfort level, and progress.
Online sessions let people access these approaches from wherever they are. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deep work and exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief updates, coaching between sessions, or when writing helps people process thoughts. These options make it simpler to keep regular therapy on a schedule that fits work, family, and daily life.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Holly address?
Holly works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, grief, depression, bipolar, addiction, ADHD, and life transitions.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and creative but also direct when needed. She combines practical problem-solving with expressive tools to match each person's preferences.
What is her professional background?
She has 15 years of clinical experience and focuses on helping people meet specific goals and make real-life changes.
What credentials and location apply?
Holly is a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, licensed in California.
Which languages and international options are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled?
Session cost varies by location and therapist availability; services use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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