Works with
How Holly works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Wisconsin
- Years in practice
- 35
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Holly
Holly Gardenier is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Wisconsin who helps people facing strong emotions and life changes. She focuses on practical steps to manage anger, anxiety, depression, grief, and addictive behaviors. Her style is calm and direct, aimed at helping people feel steadier day to day.
Holly draws on 35 years of experience in counseling to help clients name what is happening and make clearer choices. She often uses mindfulness and acceptance strategies to reduce reactivity.
Background and approach
Sessions include talking through patterns, practicing new responses, and building habits that support better decisions. Her work addresses trauma, abuse, and the lingering effects of difficult family relationships. She helps people cope with loss, attachment and abandonment wounds, and issues around identity such as gender dysphoria and LGBT concerns.
Practical tools for emotion regulation and coping with life transitions are central to her approach. Holly also supports people working through eating-related issues, substance use concerns, and behaviors that feel out of control. She integrates techniques from client-centered methods, dialectical behavior therapy, and emotionally-focused approaches to tailor plans that fit each person.
The aim is to move from crisis management to steady routines and clearer goals. Her sessions can include short mindfulness practices and simple exercises to try between meetings. Holly encourages people to notice small changes that make a difference.
She works with individuals over the long term or for specific short-term goals.
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.
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Holly lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- 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.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on values-based action. It teaches simple exercises to accept difficult feelings while taking steps toward what matters. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for managing strong emotions and reducing impulsive behavior, with practice in mindfulness, distress tolerance, and emotion regulation. Client-Centered Therapy centers on the person's own experience and uses reflective listening to help people feel heard and find their own solutions.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Holly will work together with each person to pick methods that match their goals, symptoms, and day-to-day life. She often combines elements from different approaches so the plan fits the client rather than forcing a single method.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls let people see facial cues and do guided exercises. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth or camera use is limited, and shorter check-ins can work well via text or chat. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and make it easier to keep continuity of care when life is unpredictable.
Questions people ask about Holly
What kinds of problems does Holly address?
She supports people dealing with anger, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and addictive behaviors. Other focus areas include eating issues, intimacy struggles, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Holly uses a calm, practical approach that blends acceptance, mindfulness, and client-centered techniques. Sessions focus on noticing patterns, practicing new responses, and building everyday habits.
How much experience does she have?
Holly has 35 years of experience in counseling and has worked extensively with trauma, grief, and behavioral concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Wisconsin. Her practice is based in Wisconsin.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered to international clients as well. All work is conducted in English.
What session formats are available?
Holly offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
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 a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.