About Holly
Holly Karchaske is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who brings 14 years of experience to her practice in Colorado. She focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, and career concerns. Holly speaks English and aims to meet people with respect and understanding.
She keeps conversations straightforward and tailors them to each person’s needs. Sessions look at what is happening now and identify small, practical steps to reduce stress and build confidence.
How Holly works
Holly helps clients name patterns that get in the way and then tries different ways to change them. Holly also pays attention to adoption and foster care issues, attachment challenges, body image, and caregiver stress. She works with people facing chronic pain, illness, addiction, divorce, and feelings of isolation.
Other areas she addresses include communication problems, codependency, guilt and shame, and seasonal mood changes. Her approach is collaborative. Holly listens, offers feedback, and adjusts plans as progress is made.
She encourages realistic goals and checks in on what is and isn’t working. The aim is to help people regain a sense of control and move toward a more satisfying life. Holly is licensed in Colorado and Texas and uses her years of experience to guide each plan.
She supports adults who want practical strategies and steady encouragement while they work through difficult life events and emotional pain.
What Holly works with
The areas below are the ones Holly selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Colorado |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online therapy options
Holly uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional healing. One common approach is skills-based work that teaches ways to manage anxiety and stress through short exercises and daily strategies. This is helpful for people who need tools to calm strong feelings and improve routine functioning.Another approach involves processing trauma and loss in manageable steps, helping people tell their story, reduce painful reactions, and build steadier coping. That work often focuses on pacing, emotional regulation, and gradually facing difficult memories or reminders. Both approaches are adapted to the person's pace and readiness.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Holly discusses what feels most useful, outlines options, and adjusts plans based on goals and progress. The collaboration helps identify which techniques fit your situation and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat can work for quick check-ins, and messaging supports brief updates or ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep continuity when schedules change.
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