My approach: integrative, anti-oppressive, relational, creative, and trauma-informed

My general 'vibe': curious, compassionate, dedicated, non-judgmental, collaborative

About me: I'm Holly (she/her), an integrative therapist with 8 years of experience in the mental health field, including as a music therapist in the US. I currently work with grief and bereavement in a hospice setting, as well as with neurodivergent students as a mental health mentor. I have significant experience working with people who have experienced trauma rooted in difference – including race, neurodivergence, disability, size, and identity. I also have extensive experience working with grief, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, and childhood trauma. 

Therapy, to me, is a relational space to collaboratively explore what you're carrying, where it comes from, and how it shows up now. Rather than labelling patterns as problems to fix, I approach them as meaningful signals — of what once kept you safe, and guides toward where growth is possible. I move with you, at your pace, with no 'shoulds' about what to bring or where to start.

Anti-oppressive practice is the foundation of how I work — bringing genuine openness to your lived identity and its complexity, staying justice-focused, and exploring how the wider world may have shaped your inner experience. As someone mixed-race, multicultural, and from an immigrant family, I bring both personal and professional understanding of feeling othered, and a commitment to liberatory ways of understanding human experience.

Whatever led you to this moment of choosing to start therapy, our work together begins with witnessing you fully and without judgment — exploring the pain, your felt truths, and attending to where they live, in the body or otherwise, and what they might be telling us. From there, transformation and rebuilding become possible.

Book a free initial 15-minute call using the calendar below.

Can't see the calendar? You can also access it here, or contact Holly directly at jurcahollycounselling@gmail.com.