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Meet Holly
Hi, I’m Holly. I help people untangle old patterns that keep them stuck — patterns like overthinking, perfectionism, people-pleasing, or feeling responsible for everyone else’s emotions. Even when we know these ways of being aren’t serving us, they can be hard to let go of. They often began as strategies for safety, belonging, or love.
If you’ve found yourself exhausted from trying to hold everything together, you’re not alone. My work is about helping you reconnect with your inner wisdom, soften old survival patterns, and build a life that feels more grounded, spacious, and true to you.
As a certified EMDR therapist, I support clients in healing from past experiences that have shaped how they see themselves and relate to the world. My approach is trauma-informed, collaborative, and compassionate — honouring your pace and your story every step of the way.
I believe healing happens through safety, attunement, and genuine connection. Together, we’ll create a space where you can explore what’s been holding you back and begin to experience more calm, clarity, and self-trust in your daily life.
If this resonates, I’d love to connect. You can reach me for a free 20-minute consultation at holly@hollyemes.com.
Therapeutic Approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
An evidence-based form of cognitive behavioural therapy that uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies, combined with commitment and behavioural change strategies, to increase psychological flexibility.
Self-Compassion Therapy
Directing compassion inward which helps to buffer against the pain of managing difficult life experiences that are beyond our control as well as feelings of personal inadequacy, failures and mistakes
Mindfulness
In addition to improving mood, regular mindfulness meditation practice has been found to improve interpersonal interactions by reducing reactivity and increasing response flexibility.
EMDR
An integrative, evidence-based psychotherapy approach that has extensive research and proven efficacy for the treatment of trauma. EMDR therapy is one of few trauma treatment methods that has been endorsed by the World Health Organization, the American Psychiatric Association, and other international institutions. To date, EMDR therapy has helped many thousands of individuals from various demographics to find relief from many types of psychological stress and trauma.
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Serving YOU
My personal experience has led me here to serve you. It is my absolute honour and passion to help others, like you, to explore and reprocess your history, redefine your values, develop useful and sustainable strategies that assist in defining and attaining seemingly unattainable goals and living your very best life!
"All friendly feelings for others are an extension of one's feelings for themselves." ~Aristotle
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