Shalom Palacio-Hollmon

Shalom Palacio-Hollmon is an Oklahoma licensed psychologist with 20 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, trauma, and depression. She aims to make the first steps into therapy feel manageable and supportive.

She treats problems that come with major life changes and the strain of parenting. She also offers support around intimacy concerns, LGBT issues, bipolar disorder, and ADHD. Her practice includes attention to caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and problems rooted in family of origin and separation.

Her approach starts from the view that each person knows their own story best. She looks for a person’s strengths and builds on them. Sessions are practical and goal-oriented, with space to talk through what feels most urgent in daily life.

Over two decades she has worked with people facing panic, mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, and related concerns. She helps clients break big problems into smaller, manageable steps and develop clearer ways to cope. Conversations in sessions aim to identify patterns and try different strategies to reduce distress.

Shalom encourages people who are nervous about starting therapy. She asks simple questions, listens closely, and partners with each client to decide what next steps might help. Her style is steady, direct, and focused on real-world change.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Shalom draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and problem solving. One common approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful patterns and testing small, specific behavior changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety or anger. This method helps people practice new responses in everyday situations.

Another frequently used approach emphasizes processing stressful or traumatic experiences at a pace the client controls, while building coping strategies for symptoms such as panic or mood disturbances. This helps people gain clearer understanding of triggers and learn ways to manage reactions over time.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match goals, needs, and preferences to an approach that feels workable. That may include trying a few techniques and adjusting as progress is seen.

Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since formats are not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy schedule, avoid travel time, and use shorter check-ins when needed. Talk with the therapist about what will fit your routine and what practical adjustments might help you keep therapy consistent.