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Meet Barb
Founder & LPC-MHSP
Barb is an Enneagram 2 who is always looking for opportunities to lend a helping hand. In 2019, Barb founded Holding Space Counseling, a group practice located in Franklin, Tennessee. Holding Space Counseling was birthed out of the desire to create a safe place where clients could feel free to be fully themselves, while also encouraged to reach for wholeness in all areas of their lives.
Barb’s approach to therapy is collaborative, integrative, and trauma-informed. She believes in the importance of creating a safe space for genuine connection, curiosity, and compassion as the path towards healing our deepest wounds. She works with individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, relational issues, grief, life transitions, spirituality, and trauma. She strives to tailor each session to the unique stories, needs, and personalities of each client. She is Gottman Level I trained and Level 1 Certified as a Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapist. She also incorporates Mindfulness, Narrative, Attachment-based interventions, TF-CBT, Experiential, EFT/EFIT, Internal Family Systems, and EMDR to effectively address the needs of clients.
Barb is the clinical director for Holding Space, and oversees the therapists who work on her team, providing mentorship as they develop in their clinical work. Barb also offers 1-3 day customized intensives for individuals and couples. These intensives provide an extended space and time not always available in weekly sessions to discover and heal patterns and root issues in your life and relationships.
When she’s not seeing clients, she’s likely grabbing coffee with a friend, writing, or walking her dog, Nash.
*Barb is accepting new clients at this time.
Meet Dawn
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Dawn is an Enneagram 9 who enjoys helping others gather the pieces of their lives in meaningful ways to find harmony within. She believes a safe space is vital to practicing self-compassion and reclaiming your voice in your story.
Dawn recognizes that our individual lives are impacted by our unique place in the world. She incorporates the physical, spiritual, relational, and emotional aspects of each individual and takes a holistic approach in working towards growth and change. Dawn is drawn to help those who have experienced trauma and focuses on the mind-body connection. Dawn is also passionate about supporting couples in building a relationship that can be a safe haven through the storms of life.
For couples therapy, Dawn is level one Gottman method trained and certified in Prepare/Enrich for pre-engagement and pre-marital counseling. Additionally, Dawn is trained in Somatic Attachment-Based EMDR for trauma work. Dawn’s therapeutic practice is informed by internal family systems theory, emotionally focused therapy, and narrative therapy. She hopes that, after working together, your relationships will be healthier, you will feel more connected to yourself, and you will be able to authentically express who you are.
Dawn is a pre-licensed professional with a master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Lipscomb University, and a BA in psychology. When Dawn is not meeting with clients, she can be found spending time with her family, digging in her garden, hiking down a trail in the woods, or snuggling one of her dogs.
*Dawn is currently accepting new clients
Dawn is under the clinical supervision of Dave Morgan (License # 753)
Meet Cammie
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Cammie is an Enneagram 8 who is passionate about building meaningful, authentic relationships within the therapeutic space. She believes that the heart of therapy is the client-therapist relationship—one that fosters empowerment, confidence, and self-trust.
Cammie’s approach blends compassionate accountability with a direct, relational style. Clients can expect a collaborative and nurturing environment in which they feel both challenged and genuinely supported. Her work is grounded in the understanding that our healing is shaped by our environment, relationships, and identities. She is committed to creating a trauma-informed, LGBTQIA+ affirming, and emotionally safe space where clients feel comfortable, cared for, and free to be their true selves.
Cammie works with both individuals and couples, helping clients navigate a range of concerns including anxiety, OCD, relationship and attachment issues, trauma, and negative self-image. She specializes in helping clients make important connections between their past and present experiences in order to interrupt negative cycles and gain clarity.
Cammie is trained in EMDR and Gottman Method Level 1 and integrates a variety of other evidence-based modalities such as i-CBT, ERP, self-compassion, and attachment-focused therapy. She holds a Master of Science in Social Work and a Bachelor’s degree in Education. When she’s not in session, Cammie enjoys crafting, reading, hot yoga, and spending time with her family, friends, and pets.
*Cammie is currently accepting new clients
Cammie is under the clinical supervision of Kimberly Harris (License # 4257)
Meet Hannah
LPC-MHSP
Hannah is an Enneagram 2 who is passionate about creating a therapeutic relationship rooted in vulnerability, humility, and deep connection where clients can explore and grow. She believes that healing begins when we are fully seen and given the space to show up as our true, whole selves. This experience enables us to understand and transform the beliefs we hold about ourselves, particularly those that shape our relationships and self-worth.
With a warm, collaborative approach, Hannah works from a trauma-informed, attachment-based lens. She specializes in helping individuals navigate anxiety, relationship concerns, life transitions, trauma, perfectionism, and people-pleasing patterns. Hannah also has a special interest in supporting clients as they reconnect with their bodies through nervous system regulation to develop a greater sense of safety and balance.
Hannah brings empathy, humor, and compassion into the therapeutic space, helping clients feel safe and understood as they work through challenging emotions and experiences. She is trained in EMDR and draws from a variety of other modalities based on your unique needs. Some of these include Narrative therapy, Mindfulness, CBT, self-compassion, and attachment-based interventions. Hannah holds a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and a bachelor’s degree in Multidisciplinary Studies. Outside of sessions, Hannah can be found walking with a friend, snuggling with her dog, Hank, or reading a good book.
*Hannah is currently accepting new clients.
Meet Olivia
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Olivia is an Enneagram 2 who curiously seeks collaborative and holistic healing in order to restore meaning and wellness to individuals and their relationships.
She believes that our lives are significantly impacted by our understanding and feelings toward our own stories. Employing an emotionally-focused, trauma-informed, and attachment-based framework, she desires to help clients explore their experiences, beliefs, and relationships in order to find the healing authentic to their lives.
Olivia has a heart for those navigating the intersections of grief, trauma, spirituality, life transitions, illness, sexuality, relationships + beyond. With her involvement in family law and foster care advocacy, she is passionate about helping couples, individuals (children + adults), and families struggling with relationship problems and communication issues.
She is a pre-licensed professional with a master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy from Lipscomb University, and she has a bachelors in Pre-Law. Olivia is trained in Somatic Attachment-Based EMDR for trauma processing. She is Gottman Level 1 trained, certified in Prepare/Enrich for pre-engagement, pre-marital, and married couples, and is experienced in Cognitive Processing Therapy Web 2.0. Additionally, she specializes in Play Therapy for children and adults. When she’s not seeing clients, you can find Olivia planning a weekend adventure, enjoying outdoor movement, or reading a new book!
*Olivia is currently accepting new clients
Olivia is under the clinical supervision of Dr. Dave Morgan (License # 753)
Meet Raquel
Marriage & FAMILY thERAPY ASSOCIATE
Raquel is an Enneagram 6 who brings a calm, steady presence to the therapeutic space, grounded in trust and reliability. She is passionate about meeting each client with compassion and authenticity. She believes vulnerability is a strength and strives to create a safe, supportive space where clients feel genuinely seen and heard as they share their stories.
She has a particular interest in how trauma impacts the body and thoughtfully integrates that awareness into her work. Raquel believes in a holistic approach to healing—one that honors the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual aspects of each person. Her therapeutic style is trauma-informed and thoughtfully tailored to meet the unique needs of individuals, couples, and families.
Raquel has a heart for those navigating grief, trauma, faith crises, divorce, chronic illness, and other life challenges. Her desire is to walk alongside clients as they pursue growth, healing, and resilience.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Religion and Christian Counseling and is currently pursuing her Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy at Lipscomb University. Outside the therapy room, Raquel enjoys reading, exploring new coffee shops, taking long walks, and spending time with her family and friends.
*Raquel is currently accepting new clients
Raquel is under the clinical supervision of Barb Hill (License # 4523)
Meet Emily
Practice Manager
Her work is shaped by her belief that healing happens when people feel safe, supported, and empowered to step into their potential. As a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, she integrates a holistic mindset into everything she does, holding a deep appreciation for the connection between emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being.
Outside of work, you can usually find Emily baking sourdough creations, walking her golden retriever Poppy June, or pursuing something creative. She is honored to support the Holding Space team and the clients they serve.
Our Approach
When we experience pain it tends to make us feel powerless and alone. However, as we do this work together I hope you realize that you don’t have to walk through the painful parts of your story alone, and even more than that, you can feel empowered in the process. At Holding Space Counseling, we offer therapy to individuals and couples experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, relational issues, grief and loss. Our approach is holistic, integrative, and relational. That simply means that we see the clients we work with as having a mind, body, and spirit, with each part having intrinsic value and possessing their own unique needs.
With each client we have the privilege to work with, we see compassion and curiosity as one of the most powerful and disarming tools to get to the deeper levels of the heart and mind. And as trauma therapists, we hope to build a solid foundation of trust, safety, and rapport so clients feel safe and empowered to intercept the frustrating cycles and patterns they have found themselves in up to this point.
Our Specialties
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Trauma
- Addiction
- Relational Issues
- Grief & Loss
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Trauma
- Addiction
- Relational Issues
- Grief and Loss
