Dr. Holland specializes in treatment of children, adolescents, and adults struggling with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders. His work is heavily focused on confronting feared situations, improving coping skills, reducing avoidance behaviors, and moving towards maintenance and recovery. Dr. Holland’s expertise is in therapy for the following conditions:
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and related concerns
- Anxiety Disorders, including Social Anxiety, Health Anxiety, Phobias, Panic, and general anxiety
- Psychological Testing for ADHD and Learning Differences
Dr. Holland takes a limited number of psychological or psycho-educational assessment cases.
Dr. Holland earned his doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Southern Methodist University after receiving a bachelor’s in psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. He trained at SMU’s Anxiety Research & Treatment Program, Children’s Medical Center, and UC Davis’ Children’s Hospital, learning exposure-based therapies from leading researchers, and learning to apply those from amazing clinical supervisors. Since beginning private practice, Dr. Holland has earned specialized certification in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for OCD and related disorders through The International OCD Foundation. In addition to clinical work, he has taught and trained graduate students in cognitive behavioral therapy at SMU and UTSW, receiving an award for excellence in teaching during for a master’s level CBT course he taught at UT Southwestern.
Dr. Holland has been working with kids and adolescents in some capacity since he began teaching swimming lessons at 15. He likes to spend his free time with his daughter, an art-loving elementary schooler, and his partner, who is a neuroscientist working on her postdoctoral fellowship.