Holly Goodman, LCSW

Holly Goodman is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 30 years of experience in North Carolina. She brings a practical, affirming style to sessions and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns. Her manner is warm and direct, aimed at helping people find clearer ways forward.

She blends cognitive behavioral tools with client-centered listening and other approaches. That mix lets her help people notice unhelpful thoughts, try new behaviors, and build skills for daily life. Sessions also attend to emotions and past patterns that affect current choices.

Holly also uses motivational interviewing to support change and solution-focused ideas to set achievable steps. She addresses a wide range of concerns including addictions, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting stress, career challenges, and compassion fatigue. Additional focuses include aging and geriatric issues, blended family concerns, fertility-related stress, and end-of-life counseling.

Her style emphasizes collaboration and education. She helps people identify goals, practice small changes, and track progress. Holly explains options clearly and adjusts the pace to what each person needs.

People who prefer clear tools alongside empathic listening often find this approach useful. She offers several online formats so sessions can fit into busy lives. To begin, a short questionnaire and scheduling step matches a person to the best next step.

How Holly’s Approaches Work Online

Holly uses cognitive behavioral approaches to help people spot unhelpful thinking and practice different behaviors. CBT techniques often involve short exercises, clear goal-setting, and steps to test new ways of coping, which transfer well to remote sessions.

She also draws on client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening, empathy, and helping people find their own solutions. That approach helps when talking through relationship concerns, grief, or self-esteem issues and supports pacing that suits the individual.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Holly will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and situation, adjusting plans as progress is made.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and longer conversations, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat provides a quicker check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make therapy easier to fit around work, caregiving, or other commitments while keeping the focus on practical change and emotional support.