“I’m passionate about helping my clients learn to shift out of survival mode to embrace healing, create balance, and cultivate joy.”
Shalandra Hollins, LMFT
Shalandra Hollins is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and founder of Serene Life Counseling & Wellness.
Shalandra has a passion for working with young adults, BIPOC women, and clients navigating the challenges of dating and relationships, separation, divorce, single parenting, co-parenting and blended families. She specializes in working with couples, families, and individuals navigating complex emotions, life changes, difficulties, and stress. She draws from evidence-based approaches and culture-specific approaches to help her clients find more peace, balance, and fulfillment.
Shalandra works with clients to better understand their emotions, core wounds, and to identify the negative self-beliefs and patterns that continue to keep them feeling stuck, unmotivated, afraid, and further away from living a life full of meaning, purpose, and fulfillment.
Shalandra utilizes Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) and attachment theory to help clients to develop their most secure relationships, beginning with their most important relationship - the one with themselves. Clients willing to take a deeper dive into their experiences will benefit from having a supported therapeutic space where they can allow their most vulnerable parts to have a voice, to be heard, and be accepted.
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Anxiety
Depression
Chronic Stress and Burnout
Adjustments and Transitions
Low Self-Esteem
Shame/Perfectionism
Boundary Setting
Procrastination and Difficulty Making Decisions
Relationship Stressors
Difficulty with Vulnerability and Intimacy
Separation
Divorce
Trauma
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Young Adults, Adults ages 18+
Individuals
Couples
Families
Groups
In-Person (Raleigh office)
Virtually (North Carolina)
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Shalandra 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.
Shalandra 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
Psychodynamic Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Narrative Therapy
Solution-Focused Therapy
Person-Centered Therapy
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
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Shalandra is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she earned her bachelor’s degree in Sociology with a minor in Social and Economic Justice. She earned her Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling at Capella University.
Shalandra is currently a doctoral candidate at Capella University in the CACREP accredited Counselor Education and Supervision program.
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Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT #2179)
Board Certified TeleMental Health Provider (BC-TMH #3261)
AAMFT Supervisor Candidate
Certified Prepare/Enrich Facilitator
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American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), Clinical Fellow
Shalandra 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.
Shalandra is also a member of: American Counseling Association (ACA), American Psychological Association (APA), and Chi Sigma Iota Counseling Honor Society.
