Holly Erskine
Compassionate trauma-informed care with practical skills
LCSW Wisconsin
- Experience
- 15 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Holly
Holly Erskine is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Wisconsin who supports people coping with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, low self-esteem, and major life changes.
Background and approach
She brings a trauma-informed perspective to therapy, recognizing how past events shape current struggles and focusing on practical strategies to reduce symptoms and increase day-to-day functioning. Holly’s practice also addresses related concerns such as dissociation, post-traumatic stress, self-harm, mood and personality disorders, and the emotional impacts of natural or human-caused disasters.
With 15 years of clinical experience, Holly blends evidence-based approaches tailored to each person’s needs. She commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside client-centered methods, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), mindfulness practices, and trauma-focused interventions to help clients build skills, regulate emotions, and process painful experiences.
Holly emphasizes an empathic, collaborative relationship where safety and trust make it easier to explore change and set realistic goals. She guides the early sessions toward understanding what a client wants from therapy and then co-creates a treatment plan that fits those goals.
Holly’s aim is to foster resilience and empowerment so clients can move toward more meaningful, manageable lives.
Evidence-Based Approaches for Remote Healing
Holly frequently uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. She also integrates Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) techniques to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills for managing intense emotions and impulsivity. When trauma is central to a person’s concerns, she draws on trauma-focused strategies that carefully address painful memories and their ongoing effects.
Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Holly treats that choice as collaborative. She will work with clients to assess needs, preferences, and goals, and then tailor interventions so the selected methods fit the individual rather than forcing a single model on every case.
Online therapy with Holly is available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which can make regular care more flexible for people with busy schedules or mobility limits. These formats allow ongoing skill practice, check-ins between sessions, and continuity of care when in-person visits are not possible, while still centering the same evidence-based techniques discussed above.
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Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
15+ years
Licensed
Wisconsin
Languages
English