Holly Keyser

Holly Keyser is a licensed professional counselor with 24 years of experience supporting people who face stress, anxiety, depression, and eating and food-related issues. She also helps with trauma and abuse, intimacy and relationship concerns, addiction, grief, and bipolar mood challenges. Her style is warm and nurturing while remaining direct when needed, so sessions are both caring and practical.

Holly uses Client-Centered Therapy to focus on each person's goals and experience. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Trauma-Focused Therapy guides work with people who have a history of abuse or overwhelming events.

In sessions she listens first, then helps set clear, attainable goals. Conversations often include skill-building, simple behavior experiments, and gentle challenge to try new ways of coping. She encourages small steps that add up to meaningful change.

Holly expects the therapeutic relationship to be collaborative. She explains options and helps people choose the approaches that fit their needs and values. Her years of practice make it easier to match strategies to real-life problems.

She is based in Wisconsin and conducts phone counseling sessions. People who prefer a straightforward, supportive clinician who also offers practical tools may find her approach helpful.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the individual's experience. The therapist offers empathy and acceptance, and helps people clarify their goals and values. This approach is useful for issues like low self-esteem, relationship concerns, and navigating life changes.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify patterns of thought and behavior that contribute to distress. Sessions include practical exercises and small behavior experiments to test new ways of thinking and acting, which can help with anxiety, depression, and eating and food-related issues.

Trauma-Focused Therapy addresses the effects of past abuse or overwhelming events. Work is paced to the person's needs and may include grounding skills, processing distressing memories, and building safety and coping strategies.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and comfort level. This is a joint process where plans are adjusted as progress is made.

The biography notes phone counseling sessions; please confirm current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people continue work with a licensed professional from different locations, while the therapist helps tailor session length and pacing to what works best for the individual.