Holly is a staff psychiatrist at CAPS, having joined the staff in January of 1996. Holly received her medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas. She completed her residency in psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center where she served as Executive Chief Resident. She has also completed a Fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry. Currently she is appointed as a Clinical Associate in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center. She has a special interest in using Mindfulness Meditation to treat a range of stress-related problems and leads a meditation group for Duke students. 

Before coming to CAPS, Holly worked as a staff psychiatrist in a community mental health center in Auckland, New Zealand. She is a member of the North Carolina Psychiatric Association, and the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law. She is a Distinguished Fellow in the American Psychiatric Association.