Amy Holder, LPC, CIMHP
Therapist • Clinical Leader • Mental Health Expert
Mental health beyond the therapy room.
Conversations about burnout, work, modern therapy, and the systems shaping how we care for people.
A Therapist's Perspective on
Modern Mental Health
Mental health doesn't exist in a vacuum. It's shaped by our work, relationships, expectations, environments, and the systems we're trying to function within.
Amy brings more than a decade of experience in behavioral health to conversations about anxiety, burnout, work, therapy, and the changing mental health landscape. Her perspective has been shaped not only by her work as a therapist, but by experience across behavioral health operations, insurance, private practice, and clinical leadership.
She is especially interested in the space between individual wellbeing and the systems around us: why capable people become overwhelmed, what makes work and life more sustainable, how therapy can translate into meaningful change outside the therapy room, and how the mental health field can evolve without losing sight of the people providing and receiving care.
Amy brings a practical, thoughtful, and conversational approach to mental health—grounded in clinical experience, informed by the realities of everyday life, and focused on ideas people can actually use.
Topics I Love To Talk About
A few of the topics I’m always up for talking about—with plenty of room to explore what matters to your audience.
When High-Functioning Stops Working
Why capable people can look like they're doing fine while becoming increasingly overwhelmed—and what happens when pushing through is no longer sustainable.
The "Am I Doing Enough?" Problem
Why achievement doesn't always make us feel more secure, and how perfectionism, productivity, reassurance seeking, and self-trust keep us chasing "enough."
Therapy Beyond the Therapy-Speak
What therapy actually looks like, what makes it useful, and how psychological concepts and skills translate into meaningful change in everyday life.
Mental Health at Work
Our complicated relationship with work—from burnout and boundaries to disengagement, emotional exhaustion, and the idea that our jobs should provide meaning and fulfillment.
Who's Taking Care of the Therapists?
What clinician burnout and capacity tell us about the mental health system—and why improving access to care also requires making the work sustainable for the people providing it.
AI Is Coming to Therapy. Are We Ready?
What happens when AI enters the therapy room: the opportunities, ethical questions, clinical concerns, and why therapists need a voice in how these technologies are developed and used.
Previous Conversations
1 / LEMONS AND PINEAPPLES
with Emma O'Brien
Coping Ahead: How to Pre-empt Seasonal Depression
Amy joins host Emma O’Brien to discuss Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), including why it occurs, signs to watch for, and practical strategies for managing seasonal depression. The conversation explores therapeutic tools for coping ahead and creating an actionable plan for the winter months.
2 / UNTETHERING SHAME
with Kyria Wackett
Shame & Finding Fulfillment: Exploring Authenticity
Amy joins host Kyira Wackett to explore how societal expectations and the pursuit of external validation can leave us feeling disconnected from what we actually want. The conversation examines identity, purpose, and the courage to question traditional milestones and define a meaningful life on your own terms.
About Amy
Amy Holder, LPC, CIMHP, is a licensed professional counselor, clinical leader, and owner of Modern Therapy Madison. She has worked in the mental health field for more than a decade, with experience spanning direct clinical care, behavioral health operations, insurance, private practice, and clinical leadership.
In her clinical work, Amy works with adults navigating anxiety, burnout, stress, life transitions, and the pressure of trying to keep everything together. Her approach is collaborative, practical, and grounded in evidence-based therapies, with an emphasis on helping people better understand themselves while developing skills that translate into everyday life.
Beyond the therapy room, Amy is interested in clinician sustainability, workplace mental health, access to care, and the ways technology and larger healthcare systems are changing the practice of therapy. She brings a clinician's perspective to conversations about how we can build not only healthier lives, but a more sustainable mental health system.
Let's Talk
Interested in having me join the conversation? I’d love to hear what you’re working on.