"I'm passionate about supporting my clients in learning to heal patterns that have kept them stuck in survival mode, affirming them in embracing softness, choosing joy, and finding space to become whole again. Every person deserves that space, especially Black women."

Shalandra Hollins, PhD, LMFT, BC-TMH

Dr. Hollins is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Board Certified TeleMental Health Provider (BC-TMH), AAMFT Clinical Fellow, and Counselor Educator.

She works with individuals navigating complex emotions, traumatic experiences, difficult life transitions, perfectionism, chronic stress, and burnout. Dr. Hollins integrates evidence-based and culturally responsive approaches to help clients find greater peace, balance, and emotional well-being while honoring their unique identities and lived experiences.

Dr. Hollins has a particular passion for working with young adults and high-achieving Black women, as well as individuals navigating challenges related to dating and relationships, separation and divorce, single parenting, co-parenting, and blended families.

While she provides culturally responsive care for individuals of all backgrounds, Dr. Hollins is especially committed to creating supportive therapeutic spaces for Black women. Her work is rooted in the belief that Black women deserve spaces where they are not only supported, but truly seen, affirmed, and understood.

In therapy, Dr. Hollins helps clients explore emotional patterns, core wounds, and internalized beliefs that may contribute to feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected from the life they want to live.

Her therapeutic approach draws from Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT), attachment theory, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). She also incorporates EMDR in Color, a culturally adapted approach designed to support healing from racial and identity-based trauma, racial fatigue, and complex cultural stressors.

Through this work, Dr. Hollins helps clients strengthen their relationships, develop deeper emotional awareness, and cultivate a more secure and compassionate relationship with themselves.

Dr. Hollins currently has limited availability for new clients. Please reach out to inquire about current openings or to join the waitlist.

    • Anxiety

    • Depression

    • Chronic Stress and Burnout

    • Adjustments and Transitions

    • Low Self-Esteem and Self-Worth

    • Shame and Perfectionism

    • Boundary Setting

    • Procrastination and Difficulty Making Decisions

    • Relationship Stressors

    • Difficulty with Vulnerability and Intimacy

    • Separation and Divorce

    • Intergenerational Trauma

    • Racial Trauma and Racial Fatigue

    • Cultural and Identity-Based Stress

    • High-Achieving Women and Imposter Syndrome

    • Adults

    • Individuals

    • Couples

    • Families

    • Groups

    • Virtually (North Carolina)

  • Dr. Hollins aims to meet her clients where they are. As there is no one size fits all approach to therapy, she uses an integrative approach tailored to her client's specific needs.

    Dr. Hollins has extensive training and experience in treating trauma, culture-specific trauma, and other trauma-related disorders. She is trained in the following treatment modalities:

    • Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT)

    • Psychodynamic Therapy

    • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

    • Narrative Therapy

    • Solution-Focused Therapy

    • Person-Centered Therapy

    • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

    • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

    • EMDR in Color — culturally adapted EMDR for racial and identity-based trauma, racial fatigue, and complex cultural trauma

  • Dr. Hollins is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a minor in Social and Economic Justice. She earned her Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling at Capella University.

    Dr. Hollins completed her doctoral studies in Counselor Education and Supervision. She successfully defended her dissertation in February 2026. Her doctoral research examined Black counselors' experiences in racially matched counseling dyads with Black women, contributing original scholarship on cultural resonance, emotional labor, and counselor sustainability to the field of counselor education.

  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT #2179)

    Board Certified TeleMental Health Provider (BC-TMH #3261)

    AAMFT Supervisor Candidate

    Certified Prepare/Enrich Facilitator

  • Clinical Fellow, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT).

    Dr. Hollins is an AAMFT Clinical Fellow. This distinction is granted to AAMFT Professional Members who have met the highest level of Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) licensure in the United States. AAMFT Clinical Fellows have met AAMFT standards for education in MFT systemic family therapy as well as rigorous standards of training in marriage and family therapy.

    Dr. Hollins is also a member of the American Counseling Association, Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, and Chi Sigma Iota Counseling Honor Society.

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