Holly Gerety, LICSW

Holly Gerety is a licensed independent clinical social worker with 20 years of experience supporting people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and major life changes. She helps with relationship challenges, self-esteem, parenting concerns, caregiver stress, ADHD, and issues that affect day-to-day functioning. Her work also includes support for LGBT concerns, intimacy-related issues, sleep problems, and workplace strain.

Holly creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through what is most worrying them. She listens closely and helps clients notice strengths they may be overlooking. In sessions she offers practical tools and steps to manage difficult feelings and to handle stressful situations more effectively.

Her approach is collaborative and straightforward. She encourages clients to set small, achievable goals and to try techniques between sessions. This often includes practices drawn from cognitive behavioral strategies, mindfulness, and narrative work to change unhelpful patterns and build healthier habits.

Over two decades of practice have given her experience with grief, compassion fatigue, blended family issues, and family of origin concerns. Holly also supports people dealing with body image, isolation, seasonal affective disorder, somatic symptoms, and career or life-purpose questions.

She works from a perspective that values clients' own knowledge about their lives. The goal is to increase self-awareness, build resilience, and develop clearer ways to cope. If someone is ready to begin, Holly guides them through the first steps toward practical, usable change.

How evidence-informed approaches work online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on meeting the person where they are. The therapist offers empathic listening and helps clients name their priorities, which can be useful for stress, relationship worries, and self-esteem concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers straightforward exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors, which can help with anxiety, sleep problems, and workplace stress.

Mindfulness Therapy uses simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm. These practices are often paired with other work to help with grief, compassion fatigue, and chronic stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match goals, needs, and personal preferences. That may mean trying a few tools and adjusting the plan as progress is made.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking. Online sessions can make scheduling easier and help fit therapy into a busy day. They also allow for shorter check-ins when time is limited and for using audio-only or video work depending on what suits each person best.