About
Dr. Lisa Holland is an individual and family therapist in independent practice in Columbia, South Carolina and a clinical Member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy.
She has a special interest in how emotion is communicated and how it affects heart functioning. This interest is rooted in her own recovery from a toxic electrical shock and cardiac arrest (Here’s a link to an article about it at Kershaw Health).
Lisa completed her internship at the Center for Cancer Treatment and Research at Palmetto Health Richland and licensing internship at Palmetto Health Baptist. She also received specialty training in Medical Family Therapy at the University of Rochester School of Medicine, Strategic Family Therapy with Cloe’ Madanes at the Family Therapy Institute in Washington and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy at the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy, Pennsylvania (Here’s a link to her full CV).
Lisa served on the Board of Directors for the then, Center for Cancer Treatment and Research at Palmetto Health Richland and conducted several support groups for adults and children. At Palmetto Health Baptist, she created a Medical Family Therapy program for infertility patients.
At the end of her doctoral training she wrote Jake’s Journey, a sketchbook that guides parents in discussing complicated emotions with their children and also created workshops for families.
She also served on the American Heart Association’s Executive Leadership Team and conducted workshops on emotion for their Go Red Campaigns.
In 2010, wanting to change the delivery of health information to women, Lisa created the Heart Spa – a unique program for women to learn about the connection between their emotions and their hearts. In 2012, she partnered with Palmetto Health Richland Heart Hospital to host another Heart Spa event.
Currently, Lisa serves on the Board of Directors for the Family Resource Center in Camden and is a partner with the South Carolina Collaborative Divorce Group.
Member:
- American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy
- American Psychological Association
- Collaborative Family Healthcare Association
- International Association of Collaborative Professionals
- South Carolina Association of Marriage and Family Therapy
Clinical Member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy