Holly Aragon, LPC

Holly Aragon is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 18 years of clinical experience in Colorado. She focuses on common concerns such as stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges including adoption and post-adoption issues, and depression. Holly aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can name difficult feelings and start to make changes at their own pace.

Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She listens first and helps people find practical steps that fit their lives. Sessions are conversational and paced to what each person needs, whether that means problem-solving one week or spending more time on emotion and meaning the next.

Holly draws on approaches that center the client’s experience and build skills for coping. She uses client-centered practices to keep the work grounded in each person’s values. She also brings in skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy and mindfulness to help manage strong emotions and reduce reactivity.

For deeper patterns, she may use narrative and psychodynamic ideas to look at how past relationships and family stories influence today’s choices. This can be useful for issues like attachment, abandonment, or recurring relationship problems. The goal is to support clearer communication, healthier boundaries, and more satisfying connections.

Finding the right pace and focus happens together. Holly encourages a steady, realistic approach so progress fits into everyday life and grows from what feels useful to the client.

Therapeutic approaches and how they translate online

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's own goals and values. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps clients find solutions that feel right for them. This approach is helpful for people coping with relationship strain, parenting stress, or uncertainty about next steps.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches practical skills for handling strong emotions and improving communication. It includes techniques for distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and clearer interpersonal interactions, which can be useful for issues like jealousy and recurring conflict.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Holly will collaborate with each client to choose which methods to try based on symptoms, goals, and personal preferences. That might mean practicing DBT skills for a while, then shifting to narrative work to understand recurring patterns. The fit is reviewed together as therapy progresses.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the available session formats before booking. Online therapy can help fit sessions into a busy life by reducing travel time, making it easier to schedule brief check-ins, and allowing people to attend from different locations when needed. Discuss format details with the therapist during the matching process so sessions match practical needs and therapeutic goals.