Cassandra is the owner and lead therapist at Freestyle Therapy LLC. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Supervisor in California. She is also currently a PsyD student working towards licensure as a Clinical Counseling Psychologist. Cassandra is a trauma therapist certified in EMDR and offers consulting and supervision through her partner company with Monica Williams, Freestyle Supervision and EMDR Group. With a lifetime as a musician, she is passionate about offering workshops and groups addressing mental health issues tailored to the entertainment, freelance, and entrepreneurial fields, as well as the neurodivergent community. She offers individual and group counseling, as well as EMDR intensives, assessments, and evaluations. She utilizes an eclectic model, customizing her approach to best help the person she is holding space for at that moment. She utilizes CBT, Expressive Arts, and Somatic related approaches, partnering with other practitioners to take a full person approach to trauma treatment through yoga and meditation. She focuses not only on the importance of individual therapy, but also creating a safe community around the client.
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Specialties
Anxiety - Coping with excessive worry, nervousness, or stress; intense discomfort in social settings (social anxiety); sudden and intense feelings of panic
Artists' mental health - Understanding of highly creative minds; goal setting related to the artistic and creative process; support finding meaningful balance in one’s life, dealing with imposter syndrome and other self esteem issues related to sharing one's work
Autism spectrum disorder - Support understanding the diagnosis and related challenges and strengths; skill-building in areas of daily routine, transitions, coping with overwhelming sensory experiences, social skills, and emotion identification and regulation
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - Healing painful experiences and memories from the past, reprocessing distressing memories and reducing related distressing physical reactions
Mood disorders - Clinical depression, persistent depression, bipolar disorder, PMDD, cyclothymia and other mood disorders that cause disturbances in the client's mood, causing mood swings, restless sleep, and/or elevated mood
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"Cassie Holt’s real-world experiences and adversities give her a raw perspective that those she works with can genuinely appreciate."
Music-News.com
"Cassie is a survivor and took her experiences to become an exceptional therapist and creator. She saves trivial and superficial niceties for someone else and gets down to the gritty truth where healing change can occur in both her musical endeavors and therapeutic practice. "
Shawn Grant
"Cassandra has a way of connecting with her clients that allows them to feel safe and cared for. This is especially necessary when working to overcome trauma with clients. She is dedicated to her career and it shows in her client retention rate."