Connect with yourself. Reconnect with who you love.
Tim Hollar,
LPC-MHSP
“We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know.” ~ Carl Rogers
Therapy is an opportunity to understand the patterns that keep you feeling stuck and begin creating relationships that feel more authentic, secure, and connected. Whether you’re coming on your own or with your partner, we’ll work together to help you move toward the life and relationships you want.
Relationships can become stuck in painful patterns. You may find yourselves having the same arguments over and over, feeling emotionally distant, struggling to rebuild trust, or wondering how you became strangers to one another. As an individual, you may notice that anxiety, self-doubt, or past experiences continue to shape the way you relate to others.
Therapy offers an opportunity to slow down, understand those patterns, and begin creating something different.
I work with couples and individuals who want more than symptom relief—they want healthier relationships, greater authenticity, and a deeper sense of connection with themselves and the people they love.
Whether you’re hoping to strengthen your relationship, recover after a betrayal, improve communication, or better understand yourself, we’ll work together to create lasting change.
My Approach
I believe people are doing the best they can with the experiences, relationships, and resources they’ve had. Most of us aren’t broken—we’re often caught in patterns that once helped us survive but now make it difficult to connect.
My role isn’t to tell you who you should be. It’s to help you understand yourself more clearly, relate to others more effectively, and move toward the life and relationships you want.
My work integrates person-centered therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and Gottman Method principles to provide practical tools while honoring your unique story and values.
I strive to offer a mental health counseling experience that is authentic and open. I practice therapy with awe towards my clients and their ability to grow.
Part of what led me to counseling was a love of stories in music, movies, and in each new person I met. I believe that creative expression through our stories is central to understanding ourselves and communicating to others.
Change occurs through creativity, curiosity, appreciation, and reaching for help outside of ourselves. I believe that in individual and couples counseling we can become aware of our strengths, values, and dreams in order to act more genuinely and to have positive relationships. I believe in the strength of therapy because in reaching out for help myself I found it worked for me and have seen it work for so many others too.
What You Can Expect
Clients often describe me as warm, collaborative, thoughtful, and authentic.
I strive to create a space where you can be honest without fear of judgment. Therapy should feel like a conversation grounded in curiosity, compassion, and evidence-based care—not criticism or shame.
Meaningful change doesn’t happen overnight, but it is possible.
Take the Next Step
Beginning therapy can feel intimidating.
If you’re wondering whether we’re a good fit, I’d be honored to talk with you. I offer in-person sessions in East Nashville.
Contact me via email or the form in the contact page, and we can talk about whether we would be a good fit or whether I may know any referrals or resources. The most important thing for me when you reach out is that you find the help you need.
Individual Counseling
Relationships with others often begin with the relationship we have with ourselves.
I work with individuals experiencing depression, anxiety, social anxiety, life transitions, relationship difficulties, grief, men’s issues, neurodivergence related to ADHD or autism, and questions about identity and purpose.
Together we’ll develop greater self-awareness, psychological flexibility, and the confidence to live more authentically.
Couples Counseling
Every couple develops patterns.
Sometimes those patterns create safety and closeness. Other times they lead to recurring conflict, emotional distance, resentment, or loneliness.
As a therapist that has taken the Gottman Method Level 2 training and integrates Emotion-Focused Therapy too, I help couples:
Improve communication
Break recurring conflict cycles
Rebuild trust after betrayal
Increase emotional connection
Navigate life transitions together
Strengthen friendship and intimacy
Therapy isn’t about deciding who’s right. It’s about helping both partners feel understood while creating healthier ways of connecting.
Using the Gottman Method for assessment and treatment we can work together to build up connection, trust, and commitment by increasing friendship through greater understanding, appreciation, conflict resolution, shared meaning, and expression of the dreams within those conflicts.
And oh yeah! Couples counseling can be fun! Couples stick together when they have many more positive interactions than negative ones. Let’s find a way to have more good times than bad time.