Therapist profile
Hollis Greenspan, LICSW
Massachusetts
LICSW - Relationships and Mood Concerns
Continue with HollisWhere Hollis stands
- Credentials
- LICSW
- License
- LICSW, Massachusetts / LICSW121484
- NPI
- 1578901823
- Experience
- 11 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Massachusetts
About
- Mindfulness
- Psychodynamic work
- Focusing practice
About Hollis
Hollis Greenspan is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in Massachusetts with 11 years of experience. She works with adults on relationship and intimacy concerns, self-esteem, mood difficulties, anxiety, grief, eating issues, and codependency among other challenges. Hollis combines several psychotherapy approaches to help people notice patterns that keep them stuck and try different ways of responding.
She uses mindfulness to help clients step back from automatic reactions and to learn how present-moment noticing can change daily habits. Hollis also draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at how past relationships shape current behavior. Her training includes a master of social work from the University of Connecticut and advanced counseling study at The Synthesis Center in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Her work often focuses on the thoughts and bodily cues that maintain troublesome behaviors. She teaches Focusing as a body-oriented practice so people can name and work with felt sensations that point to deeper needs. Hollis also brings Psychosynthesis ideas into sessions to help people identify and negotiate between different parts of themselves without dismissing any part as wrong.
Hollis frames therapy in practical terms. Conversations include noticing patterns, experimenting with small changes, and building skills like sleep hygiene and nutrition to support emotional work. She grounds her practice in Buddhist-influenced perspectives but does not require clients to adopt any spiritual view.
Sessions balance exploration and direct work on problems such as abandonment, communication difficulties, chronic illness, life transitions, and identity questions. Her background in cultural anthropology and long clinical experience inform a flexible, person-focused approach.
How sessions work
How Hollis applies approaches in remote sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on careful listening and supporting the client's own choices. In practice this means the therapist follows what matters most to the client and helps clarify goals and next steps.Mindfulness Therapy teaches skills to notice thoughts and bodily reactions without acting on them immediately. This can help with anxiety, people-pleasing, and repetitive relationship habits by creating a small space to choose a different response.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Hollis treats the choice of methods as a collaborative decision. She will help clients compare what feels useful, adjust techniques, and shift focus if a different approach suits a client's goals better.
Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, avoid travel time, and continue regular check-ins during life changes. It also allows brief or focused check-ins when schedules are tight, and practices like Focusing or mindfulness can be done without leaving home.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
11+ years
Listed in
Massachusetts
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of relationship issues does she address?
She works with intimacy-related concerns, communication problems, infidelity, jealousy, and codependency. These are handled in sessions as patterns of behavior and feeling to understand and change.
What is her general therapy style?
Her approach blends client-centered listening with mindfulness and psychodynamic exploration. Sessions aim to notice patterns, try small experiments, and work with bodily sense as information.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 11 years of professional experience, including work with mood disorders, grief, chronic illness, and LGBTQ issues.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds an MA and is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) practicing in Massachusetts.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients book sessions with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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