Christopher Holly

Greetings! I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has worked in Peoria, Il for almost 22 years to serve people with difficulties with mental health disorders, existential difficulties and couples and family issues.

I work in a long standing, mental health private practice in Peoria, Il with other Social Workers, a Counselor and four Psychiatrists. I have worked with homeless veterans, individuals with serious and persistent mentally illness, assessed people in the Emergency Department, and provided individual and couples counseling. I have experience with depression, anxiety disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, personality disorders, Post-Traumatic Stress disorder and a number of other disorders. I am able to work with sleep issues and am able to utilize CBT-I. I have been trained in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and have practiced this for 20 years. I started working with EMDR in 2003. I have had the pleasure of working with the transgender community in Peoria and providing services to the LGBTQIA+ population and as well working with members of the BDSM community with a sex positive perspective. I want to meet you where you are at and help develop a plan to help you to achieve your best outcome and skills that will make it easier to get there. I am a collaborator and not directive, so I won't take over the conversation and tell you 'what to do', but I like to talk, explore and work with someone to consider their options for a better life. You should decide the goal that you are focused on and define the achievements that will make therapy a success.