Candace Holly

I believe my role as a therapist is to walk along side you in your journey through the “unknown” places in our lives we sometimes find ourselves in.

I offer therapy for individual adults, adolescents and families.  Areas of treatment include:

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Self-injury
• Grief and Loss
• Substance Abuse
• Parenting and Life Transitions
• Eating Disorders

Improving communication skills and strengthening relationships are typically a focus of therapy.

Educational Background:

• Azusa Pacific University-MA., Marriage and Family Therapy
• San Jose State Univesity-BA.,  Sociology
• Westmont College

Professional Experience:

• I have over 25 years of experience as a Licensed Marriage and Family therapist. LMFT32289
• Completed Level 1 of the Gottman Training for Marital Therapy
• Group Home Experience
  
• Working for the Drug Abuse Alternatives Center in Sonoma County has also been a part of my professional experience.

Professional Affiliations:

• California Association Marriage and Family Therapists-Clinical Member

Who am I?

I was born and raised in Watsonville California. I  attended Aptos High School.  I moved to Sonoma County in 1990.  My first child was born in 1993 and my second in 1997.  It was in High School when I truly came to understand and accept that being a believer was about more than just accepting who Christ was and going on with my life.  Being a believer meant truly living my life in communion with God in the smallest areas as well as the largest.  It meant making a commitment to be obedient to Gods Word, regardless of the cost. This is a concept that is not just difficult in high school but all throughout our lives.

While I believe God works through and uses my training and techniques in the context of Professional Therapy to bring about changes in one’s life, it is in the depths of a genuine relationship with Jesus Christ where long-term healing takes place over time.  I believe my role in walking alongside clients in their journey through what is often the “unknown” is a place that God has called me to with people.

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