Holly Gerety
Compassionate, practical therapy for life transitions
LICSW Massachusetts
- Experience
- 20 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Grief
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Holly
Holly Gerety is a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) based in Massachusetts with two decades of clinical experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, grief, relationship challenges, self-esteem concerns, and life transitions.
Background and approach
Her practice emphasizes practical strategies and emotional support to help clients manage everyday stressors, improve sleep and intimacy-related issues, and address trauma, compassion fatigue, and ADHD-related coping needs. She creates a warm, nonjudgmental environment where clients are invited to explore their feelings, build insight, and strengthen resilience.
Drawing on client-centered methods alongside evidence-informed techniques such as cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness, she offers tools for communication, boundary setting, and problem solving. Holly also attends to areas like workplace difficulties, caregiver strain, blended family dynamics, body image, and social anxiety while helping people clarify life purpose and develop healthier patterns.
Clients work collaboratively with her to identify goals and practical steps forward, whether that means refining coping skills, processing grief, or navigating relationship transitions. Holly frames therapy as an active partnership focused on growth, greater self-awareness, and sustainable strategies for managing life’s complexities.
Approaches that translate well to online work
Holly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try practical behavioral experiments; this approach is often useful for anxiety, mood shifts, sleep problems, and stress management. She also employs client-centered therapy, which emphasizes empathetic listening and collaboration so clients can develop self-awareness and make choices that fit their values. Mindfulness therapy is another thread in her practice, teaching present-focused awareness and calming techniques that can reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation.Choosing the right approach is part of therapy, and she treats that as a collaborative process. Together with each client she explores goals, personal preferences, and what feels most useful in early sessions, adjusting methods over time to find the best fit for progress and comfort.
Online formats - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - offer flexibility for scheduling and for how people prefer to communicate. These options can make it easier to maintain consistent care while balancing work, family, and other obligations, and they allow therapists and clients to focus on skill-building, coping strategies, and problem solving in ways that fit a client’s daily life.
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Experience
20+ years
Licensed
Massachusetts
Languages
English