Holly Bankston, LPC
Texas · 17 years in practice
Holly Bankston is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 17 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression.
License and registration
- LPC, Texas
- 71584 · expires June 2027
- NPI
- 1841978749 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 17
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Holly
Holly Bankston is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 17 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression. She works with adults who feel stuck in familiar patterns and want more confidence and clearer direction. Holly aims to make therapy practical and easy to fit into a busy life.
She blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy with other approaches to help clients understand feelings and repair important connections. Sessions focus on real-life changes, teaching coping skills and ways to respond differently in stressful moments.
Background and approach
Holly uses plain language and concrete strategies rather than clinical jargon. Her background includes many years providing counseling in Texas, where she has supported people facing relationship struggles, attention challenges related to ADHD, and issues tied to attachment and abandonment. She also helps people dealing with chronic health concerns, caregiver stress, body image, and communication problems.
Holly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when helpful, using exercises that build awareness and shift unhelpful thinking. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills may be introduced for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. The work is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.
Sessions can be scheduled around evenings and weekends to fit work and family obligations. New clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule based on availability. Holly’s approach centers on steady progress and practical tools people can use between sessions.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Holly lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Holly names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Holly brings emotion-focused care online
Holly integrates Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people identify and work with strong emotions in relationships and personal patterns. EFT focuses on recognizing emotions, understanding their role, and changing interaction patterns that keep people stuck.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to build flexibility around difficult thoughts and feelings, teaching values-based actions that move people toward what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to spot unhelpful thoughts and try small experiments to change behavior and mood. Each approach offers practical exercises you can use between sessions to notice progress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Holly will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and together they choose methods that feel like a good fit. The process is collaborative and adjusted over time based on how things are going.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video suits in-depth conversation and exercises that benefit from seeing facial cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a camera isn't wanted. Chat and messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible for people with busy lives.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Holly commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, low self-esteem, depression, and ADHD. Additional focuses include attachment issues, abandonment, chronic illness, caregiver stress, body image, and communication problems.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and collaborative, using Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside other methods to understand feelings and change patterns. Sessions emphasize skills you can apply between meetings.
What is her professional background?
Holly has 17 years of counseling experience working with adults on a range of concerns including relationships, ADHD, and mood issues. Her work includes supporting people through life transitions and long-term stress.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Texas and practices from that state.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Holly offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling a session according to her availability.
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