The blending of interpersonal and skill-based interventions includes an understanding of family, culture, and gender specific influences on the current issues or concerns. Holly has an expertise in exploring relevant past experiences while working actively with clients on present concerns and towards effective change for the future.  

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Holly Starkman’s professional knowledge and skill is anchored in a complement of traditional and contemporary therapies that, together, promote insight and psychological well being.  A foundation of this understanding is grounded in extensive training and experience in community mental health programs and school-based counseling with youth and their families.

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Holly is well-informed on the use of mindfulness principles in psychotherapy and integrates these values and skills in her work with clients who are seeking to strengthen a mind and body connection.  (See section below on Mindfulness)

 

In addition to her clinical work, Holly has been an adjunct professor at Quinnipiac University since 2007 with prior teaching experience at New York University. In 2015 she co-edited a special issue of Clinical Social Work Journal on Eating Disorders and Body Image, which included her own article on binge eating disorder in women.  Holly has also written on the topic of mindfulness and parenting and will be offering an online course on mindful eating for Yellowbrick.me.

 

Beyond her professional role, Holly’s interests and commitment to social work values has consistently included support for social action and community-based programs.  Over the past two decades she has volunteered for several community non-profit organizations, including a ten-year tenure on the grants committee of The Guilford Fund for Education in Connecticut.