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Holly Bankston

TX LPC 71584
Credentials
TX LPC 71584
NPI Number
1841978749
Location
Texas
Languages
English
Holly Bankston
17 years experience

About Holly Bankston

Whether you’re struggling with anxiety, relationship challenges, life transitions, or feeling stuck in old patterns, you don’t have to navigate it alone. My goal is to provide a supportive, practical, and compassionate space where you can gain insight, build effective coping skills, and create meaningful change.

I am currently accepting new clients and, in many cases, can offer appointments right away. I provide evening, weekend, and holiday availability to accommodate busy schedules. If you’re ready to begin therapy, I welcome the opportunity to help you take the next step toward healing, growth, and greater well-being.

Licenses

LPC
71584

Professional experience

  • ADHD
  • Depression
  • Relationship issues
  • Self esteem
  • Stress, Anxiety

Additional Focus Areas

  • 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
  • Post-traumatic stress
  • Postpartum depression
  • 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

Clinical Approaches

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Client-Centered Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Gottman Method
  • Mindfulness Therapy
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Solution-Focused Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Therapy

Languages

  • English

15 Reviews

“Holly is very caring and professional, truly cares about you and your issues and try everything she can to help you through it. Very happy to have her as my therapist.”

“Holly is the best❣️”

“Holly is kind and gentle. She listens without judgement and offers helpful advice. I feel seen and understood with her. Thank you Holly!”

“I appreciate her affirmation and suggestions. Helps make things more comfortable”

“Holly is the best!”

“I have appreciated Holly’s counsel and her ability to listen. I truly feel seen and understood. I am glad that she has the specific expertise in dealing with alcoholism, as this has been a huge issue for me.”

“Holly is extremely professional and courteous. She is an excellent listener and provides excellent resources, exercises and advice. Would highly recommend her!”

“Holly is kind, supportive and an excellent mediator.”

“I have had weekly sessions with Holly Bankston for over 6 months and could not have been paired with a better therapist.<br /> <br /> Consider yourself blessed if you are one of “hers”. She truly cares❣️”

“Holly is a very good listener and very good at knowing the right things to say and when. She is also good at giving suggestions on how to cope with things. I really enjoy my session with her!”

“What a privilege and an honor it has been to work with Ms. Holly so far. I’m super shy at first and not the most trusting. She’s very kind easy-going patient and really helps. Bring you out of your shell.”

“Absolutely Love Ms Bankston”

“Holly is the BEST! I have been speaking with her for over 3 months now on a weekly basis and just having someone to talk to and get things off my chest has been life-changing!<br /> <br /> Highly recommend to anyone that needs a therapist that is responsive, kind and very caring!”

“I love my therapist, she’s very sweet and supportive. I feel very comfortable with her. Thank you for all you do”

“She is easy to talk to and helps me to find ways to cope with stressors effecting my everyday life!! She is professional and yet down to earth. I am comfortable with her!! Love Regain!!!!”

These reviews represent a few of the most recent positive reviews from the therapist's clients on BetterHelp. Some people's experience may be different.
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