Holly Ambrose
Welcome! I’m Holly Ambrose and I am so very pleased that you and I are going to have the pleasure to work together! If you are interested in learning to become present at any given moment to fully embrace the moment, regulate your responses, and realize your ability to find beauty and joy despite circumstance, then you are in the right place! Starting therapy takes courage. I offer a warm, supportive space to talk about things that are making life difficult or less than optimal for you… anxiety, depression, and life’s challenges… sometimes, it is a need to reflect or have objective insight to find the strongest and most productive path. Together, we’ll explore your needs, strengthen communication, and build healthy boundaries so you can feel more confident and connected in your day-to-day life.
Together, we’ll explore your needs, strengthen communication, and build healthy boundaries so you can feel more confident and connected in your day-to-day life.
We’ll move at your pace, with room for what matters most to you.
First session
During our first session, you will find a comfortable, safe and hopeful space to explore where you would like to begin and leave the session feeling supported, understood, and hopeful as well!
Strengths
I began my journey and utiliazation of mindfulness skills nearly a decade ago and have found that this approach has profoundly changed the lives of those I work with as they grasp the power they inherently hold, can access any time, and regulate their emotional response, no matter the life circumstance or event. Become empowered to find a happier, healthier, more confident you!
Ideal clients
Life throws curveballs and we will work together so you learn to feel ready to handle those events or changes while maintaining your sense of confidence, awareness, and trust in your decisions. You will know the way to proceed with the ability to be present in any moment and find the stillness and mental space to determine your responses, if any, no matter what life brings your way.
Treatment methods
Solution-Focused Brief Treatment
I’m Holly Kelly Ambrose, LMSW, a therapist with decades of experience helping people navigate emotional challenges, life transitions, and relationship concerns. My approach is compassionate and collaborative, creating space for you to feel heard, understand yourself more deeply, and make meaningful changes. In my practice, I incorporate Solution Focused Brief Treatment with Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), which combines cognitive therapy with mindfulness principles. Together, we explore how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors influence one another while practicing awareness of the present moment without judgment. Rather than becoming caught in self-criticism or repetitive negative thinking, you can learn to recognize these patterns and respond with greater clarity and self-compassion. These skills can support emotional well-being and help reduce the risk of recurring depression and anxiety.
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
Once realized, you will develop the skills within you to notice thoughts, feelings, emotions without judgement. You will learn to notice your responses more objectively, with awareness and objectivity. This allows you to pause, breathe, tune out the “noise” and identify the response you seek. Many times we find that a few seconds to increase clarity can lead to significant, positive, unexpected, positive life changes!
Location
Virtual sessions
Identifies as
White
Woman
Top specialties
Anxiety
Attachment Issues
Life Transitions
Other specialties
Burnout
Depression
Emotional Regulation
Family Conflict
First Responders/Healthcare Workers
Serves
Adults (18 to 64)
Elders (65 and above)
Individual Therapy
Woman
Licensed in
FloridaLicense SW22576
IllinoisLicense 149008654