Jill Cordova Holt

Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)

This modality helps to identify and reframe negative thought patterns and promote healthy behaviors. By focusing on practical strategies to improve coping, problem-solving, and behavior change, an individual can begin to strengthen their emotional well-being and maintain independence while accepting their cognitive and physical limitations.

Motivational Interviewing

This method focuses on exploring ambivalence with goals and personal values. We'll work on taking ownership of decisions, such as health behaviors or lifestyle adjustments, while respecting autonomy and life experiences. This is a collaborative, non judgmental approach that addresses self-efficacy and supports meaningful, sustainable change.

Person-centered (Rogerian)

This type of therapy emphasizes empathy, unconditional positive regard and genuineness. This creates a safe, non judgmental space. A person's life experiences should foster self-acceptance and autonomy. We will focus on strengths while navigating the challenges that come with aging such as rebuilding identity, meaning and purpose.

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

This therapeutic modality can help clients access and express their primary, vulnerable emotions such as fear, loneliness and shame. These feelings are hidden beneath the client's secondary, reactive emotion such as anger, criticism and numbness. By sharing these vulnerabilities, clients can become more accessible, responsive and engaged with themselves or others. This creates a secure attachment bond.

Strength-Based

A strength-based therapy helps clients look at their own lives - their inherent strengths, resources and resilience that is the foundation for healing and growth. This focus helps to identify and amplify what is already working in someone's life. A clinician's role is to not "fix" the client, but to act as a collaborative partner who helps the client discover, access and apply their unique capabilities to overcome challenges.