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Holly Keyser

Compassionate, practical guidance for emotional healing

LPC Wisconsin

Experience
24 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Intimacy-related issues
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English
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About Holly

Holly Keyser is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Wisconsin with 24 years of clinical experience helping people navigate complex emotional challenges. She draws on client-centered techniques and cognitive behavioral methods to address issues such as stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, and relationship concerns.

Background and approach

Her practice also includes support for matters like intimacy-related struggles, self-esteem, grief, bipolar disorder, and a wide range of additional focus areas including attachment difficulties, caregiver stress, chronic illness, body image, and separation or divorce. Holly is described as warm and nurturing yet also comfortable being direct when the situation calls for clarity and structure.

She emphasizes collaboration, working with clients to set practical goals and using evidence-informed strategies to make progress more efficiently. Services are available through multiple online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, and she communicates in English with clients located in Wisconsin.

Her approach blends empathy with skillful interventions to help clients move forward from painful experiences and build greater resilience.

Approaches for Online Healing and Practical Change



Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, active listening, and creating a respectful therapeutic relationship so clients feel heard and understood; it supports personal growth and self-directed change for issues like self-esteem, relationship concerns, and grief. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors, offering concrete tools for managing anxiety, depression, stress, and many everyday challenges. Trauma-Focused Therapy attends specifically to the impact of traumatic experiences and uses targeted strategies to reduce distress and improve coping for survivors of abuse and related trauma.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work together with each client to explore needs, goals, and preferences, and will adapt methods over time to find what helps most for the presenting concerns. This partnership aims to match practical techniques with supportive, person-centered care.

Online sessions provide flexibility by offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to connect from home. These formats allow licensed professionals to use structured interventions, reflective conversation, and between-session support in ways that suit individual schedules and communication styles.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Holly help with?
She works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related problems, grief, bipolar concerns, and self-esteem struggles.
What is her therapeutic style and approach?
Her practice combines client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral techniques and trauma-focused methods, balancing empathy with practical strategies to address thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Holly brings 24 years of experience in counseling, which informs her work with survivors of abuse and people facing a variety of emotional and relational challenges.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is an LPC licensed in Wisconsin with license number WI LPC 3870-125 and sees clients located in Wisconsin.
Does she provide services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are conducted in English, and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Holly offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexible ways to connect that fit different needs and schedules.
How are fees structured for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are offered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesSelf esteemDepression

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefBipolar disorder

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismPanic disorder and panic attacksPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Trauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

24+ years

Licensed

Wisconsin

Languages

English