Carrie Holloran

Trauma Recovery

Often when trauma occurs, beliefs, body sensations and memories can get stuck or stored in the brain in painful ways and continue to negatively affect you in your present day life. The old stored information is then triggered in the present, and can cause you to have thoughts, feelings or sensations that transport you right back to the time the trauma occurred. This affects the way we see the world, how we feel about ourselves, and how we relate with others. I have seen clients find relief and freedom through the use of EMDR therapy to address PTSD, childhood trauma, core negative beliefs (i.e. "I am bad/wothless") and persistant feelings of shame. Trauma recovery is possible and this is an area of my therapeutic work I am deepy passionate about and commited to. Although the brain is designed for survival and protection, it also has immesnse capacity for healing and re-wiring.

Depression & Anxiety

If you are experiencing depression or anxiety you are not alone. Many people will experience both of these in their lifetime, and there is hope. Pain, anger, trauma, grief, loss, loneliness or life stress can all lead to feelings of sadness and often times depression. Depression can be an isolating and hopeless experience and I have worked with many clients who have moved through the pain of depression and found healing and wholeness on the other side. I can walk with you during this part of your journey, providing tools to cope and opportunities to identify some of the root causes of your depression. Sometimes depression and anxiety are experienced together and sometimes they remain separate. If you are experiencing anxiety, panic attacks, OCD, social anxiety, agoraphobia, or stress that feels unmanageable counseling can provide an opportunity to not only learn new ways of coping and managing anxiety and stress, but also offer a space to learn what is under the anxiety. Often, anxiety and depression are both the bodies way of signaling to us that something is wrong, and my hope is to help you become curious and compassionate about what your anxiety is trying to tell you and to learn to live alongside anxiety without it running the show.

Eating Disorders

Eating disorders are complex as they affect mind, body and soul, and I am passionate about helping people recover fully and develop a new and healthy relationship with food, themselves and others. My approach has been informed by the principles of Intuitive Eating (IE) and the Health At Every Size (HEAS®) ideology. I desire to create a space that offers weight neutral and size accepting care in order to move towards body liberation for all bodies. Addressing your eating disorder takes significant courage and I am here to tell you that recovery is possible! I work closely with a Registered Dietician and seek to provide my clients with the most holistic care possible. When treating eating disorders I use a variety of tools and techniques tailored specific to you and your needs. This might include expressive techniques like food logging, and journaling, in addition to working with conflicting parts of self, learning how to practice self-care, and manage difficult emotions. With eating disorders there is a saying that goes, "it is all about the food, and it is nothing about the food." As such, in counseling we will talk about many things, including, but not limited to food! I have worked with many clients who have lived with eating disorders for decades and found life on the other side of their eating disorder.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) can feel confusing and overwhelming. It often involves unwanted, distressing thoughts, images, or urges (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors or mental rituals (compulsions) that are meant to ease anxiety—but only bring temporary relief. Many people with OCD describe feeling “stuck” in a cycle they don’t want to be in. OCD is what’s called ego-dystonic, meaning the thoughts and urges that come up don’t align with your true values, personality, or desires. These intrusive thoughts can feel deeply upsetting precisely because they go against who you are at your core. Understanding this distinction can be an important step toward self-compassion and healing. There is hope. Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)—a highly effective, evidence-based form of therapy—helps you gradually face the situations or thoughts that trigger anxiety, while learning to resist the urge to perform compulsions. Over time, this process retrains your brain to tolerate uncertainty, reduces fear, and allows you to live more freely and authentically. In therapy, you’ll find a supportive, nonjudgmental space to move at your own pace, build resilience, and reconnect with the life you want to live—one guided by your values, not by fear.

ADHD

I have worked primarily with women who are diagnosed in adulthood with ADHD. Our work includes untangling ways ADHD has increased feelings of personal shame, learning how to work with—not against—a neurodivergent brain, referring to a prescriber for medication support, and processing any grief that may exist around getting a late-in-life diagnosis of ADHD.

Trauma Recovery

Often when trauma occurs, beliefs, body sensations and memories can get stuck or stored in the brain in painful ways and continue to negatively affect you in your present day life. The old stored information is then triggered in the present, and can cause you to have thoughts, feelings or sensations that transport you right back to the time the trauma occurred. This affects the way we see the world, how we feel about ourselves, and how we relate with others. I have seen clients find relief and freedom through the use of EMDR therapy to address PTSD, childhood trauma, core negative beliefs (i.e. "I am bad/wothless") and persistant feelings of shame. Trauma recovery is possible and this is an area of my therapeutic work I am deepy passionate about and commited to. Although the brain is designed for survival and protection, it also has immesnse capacity for healing and re-wiring.

Depression & Anxiety

If you are experiencing depression or anxiety you are not alone. Many people will experience both of these in their lifetime, and there is hope. Pain, anger, trauma, grief, loss, loneliness or life stress can all lead to feelings of sadness and often times depression. Depression can be an isolating and hopeless experience and I have worked with many clients who have moved through the pain of depression and found healing and wholeness on the other side. I can walk with you during this part of your journey, providing tools to cope and opportunities to identify some of the root causes of your depression. Sometimes depression and anxiety are experienced together and sometimes they remain separate. If you are experiencing anxiety, panic attacks, OCD, social anxiety, agoraphobia, or stress that feels unmanageable counseling can provide an opportunity to not only learn new ways of coping and managing anxiety and stress, but also offer a space to learn what is under the anxiety. Often, anxiety and depression are both the bodies way of signaling to us that something is wrong, and my hope is to help you become curious and compassionate about what your anxiety is trying to tell you and to learn to live alongside anxiety without it running the show.

Eating Disorders

Eating disorders are complex as they affect mind, body and soul, and I am passionate about helping people recover fully and develop a new and healthy relationship with food, themselves and others. My approach has been informed by the principles of Intuitive Eating (IE) and the Health At Every Size (HEAS®) ideology. I desire to create a space that offers weight neutral and size accepting care in order to move towards body liberation for all bodies. Addressing your eating disorder takes significant courage and I am here to tell you that recovery is possible! I work closely with a Registered Dietician and seek to provide my clients with the most holistic care possible. When treating eating disorders I use a variety of tools and techniques tailored specific to you and your needs. This might include expressive techniques like food logging, and journaling, in addition to working with conflicting parts of self, learning how to practice self-care, and manage difficult emotions. With eating disorders there is a saying that goes, "it is all about the food, and it is nothing about the food." As such, in counseling we will talk about many things, including, but not limited to food! I have worked with many clients who have lived with eating disorders for decades and found life on the other side of their eating disorder.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) can feel confusing and overwhelming. It often involves unwanted, distressing thoughts, images, or urges (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors or mental rituals (compulsions) that are meant to ease anxiety—but only bring temporary relief. Many people with OCD describe feeling “stuck” in a cycle they don’t want to be in. OCD is what’s called ego-dystonic, meaning the thoughts and urges that come up don’t align with your true values, personality, or desires. These intrusive thoughts can feel deeply upsetting precisely because they go against who you are at your core. Understanding this distinction can be an important step toward self-compassion and healing. There is hope. Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)—a highly effective, evidence-based form of therapy—helps you gradually face the situations or thoughts that trigger anxiety, while learning to resist the urge to perform compulsions. Over time, this process retrains your brain to tolerate uncertainty, reduces fear, and allows you to live more freely and authentically. In therapy, you’ll find a supportive, nonjudgmental space to move at your own pace, build resilience, and reconnect with the life you want to live—one guided by your values, not by fear.

ADHD

I have worked primarily with women who are diagnosed in adulthood with ADHD. Our work includes untangling ways ADHD has increased feelings of personal shame, learning how to work with—not against—a neurodivergent brain, referring to a prescriber for medication support, and processing any grief that may exist around getting a late-in-life diagnosis of ADHD.

Trauma Recovery

Often when trauma occurs, beliefs, body sensations and memories can get stuck or stored in the brain in painful ways and continue to negatively affect you in your present day life. The old stored information is then triggered in the present, and can cause you to have thoughts, feelings or sensations that transport you right back to the time the trauma occurred. This affects the way we see the world, how we feel about ourselves, and how we relate with others. I have seen clients find relief and freedom through the use of EMDR therapy to address PTSD, childhood trauma, core negative beliefs (i.e. "I am bad/wothless") and persistant feelings of shame. Trauma recovery is possible and this is an area of my therapeutic work I am deepy passionate about and commited to. Although the brain is designed for survival and protection, it also has immesnse capacity for healing and re-wiring.

Depression & Anxiety

If you are experiencing depression or anxiety you are not alone. Many people will experience both of these in their lifetime, and there is hope. Pain, anger, trauma, grief, loss, loneliness or life stress can all lead to feelings of sadness and often times depression. Depression can be an isolating and hopeless experience and I have worked with many clients who have moved through the pain of depression and found healing and wholeness on the other side. I can walk with you during this part of your journey, providing tools to cope and opportunities to identify some of the root causes of your depression. Sometimes depression and anxiety are experienced together and sometimes they remain separate. If you are experiencing anxiety, panic attacks, OCD, social anxiety, agoraphobia, or stress that feels unmanageable counseling can provide an opportunity to not only learn new ways of coping and managing anxiety and stress, but also offer a space to learn what is under the anxiety. Often, anxiety and depression are both the bodies way of signaling to us that something is wrong, and my hope is to help you become curious and compassionate about what your anxiety is trying to tell you and to learn to live alongside anxiety without it running the show.

Eating Disorders

Eating disorders are complex as they affect mind, body and soul, and I am passionate about helping people recover fully and develop a new and healthy relationship with food, themselves and others. My approach has been informed by the principles of Intuitive Eating (IE) and the Health At Every Size (HEAS®) ideology. I desire to create a space that offers weight neutral and size accepting care in order to move towards body liberation for all bodies. Addressing your eating disorder takes significant courage and I am here to tell you that recovery is possible! I work closely with a Registered Dietician and seek to provide my clients with the most holistic care possible. When treating eating disorders I use a variety of tools and techniques tailored specific to you and your needs. This might include expressive techniques like food logging, and journaling, in addition to working with conflicting parts of self, learning how to practice self-care, and manage difficult emotions. With eating disorders there is a saying that goes, "it is all about the food, and it is nothing about the food." As such, in counseling we will talk about many things, including, but not limited to food! I have worked with many clients who have lived with eating disorders for decades and found life on the other side of their eating disorder.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) can feel confusing and overwhelming. It often involves unwanted, distressing thoughts, images, or urges (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors or mental rituals (compulsions) that are meant to ease anxiety—but only bring temporary relief. Many people with OCD describe feeling “stuck” in a cycle they don’t want to be in. OCD is what’s called ego-dystonic, meaning the thoughts and urges that come up don’t align with your true values, personality, or desires. These intrusive thoughts can feel deeply upsetting precisely because they go against who you are at your core. Understanding this distinction can be an important step toward self-compassion and healing. There is hope. Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)—a highly effective, evidence-based form of therapy—helps you gradually face the situations or thoughts that trigger anxiety, while learning to resist the urge to perform compulsions. Over time, this process retrains your brain to tolerate uncertainty, reduces fear, and allows you to live more freely and authentically. In therapy, you’ll find a supportive, nonjudgmental space to move at your own pace, build resilience, and reconnect with the life you want to live—one guided by your values, not by fear.

ADHD

I have worked primarily with women who are diagnosed in adulthood with ADHD. Our work includes untangling ways ADHD has increased feelings of personal shame, learning how to work with—not against—a neurodivergent brain, referring to a prescriber for medication support, and processing any grief that may exist around getting a late-in-life diagnosis of ADHD.