Holly Duffy, LMFT

Holly Duffy is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 15 years of experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, relationships, grief, addiction, self-esteem, and other life changes. She also focuses on family-of-origin issues and related topics such as attachment concerns and adoption or foster care history.

Holly takes a straightforward, practical approach in sessions. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and shift thinking and day-to-day habits. She also draws on emotionally-focused work and expressive methods when those fit a person’s goals.

Sessions are conversational and action-oriented when needed. Holly will suggest concrete steps you can try between meetings and check how those changes are going. At other times she leans into reflective talk or creative exercises to help strengthen self-understanding and relationships.

She frames therapy around the problems a person brings, not abstract labels. That can mean working on sleep and eating habits, coping with grief, managing anger, or addressing long-standing family roles that still affect current choices. She emphasizes clear goals and practical strategies to move forward.

Holly supports people who want both short-term problem solving and longer work on deeper patterns. She helps clients decide whether to use CBT, emotionally-focused methods, existential questions, or Jungian exploration based on what fits their situation and preferences.

How Holly’s approaches work in online sessions