01 Slow is a feature
Emotional growth doesn’t respond to deadlines. We move at the pace of trust and let change settle before we add to it.
About the practice
A small room, run on patience.
The Hollis Practice began in 2014 with one coach, two chairs and a stubborn belief that emotional support should be unhurried, honest and reachable by the people who need it most.
Our story
Founded by a coach who got tired of rushed care
Rena Hollis spent a decade inside fast, transactional wellbeing services and kept watching the same thing: people handed plans they couldn’t keep, by practitioners who didn’t have time to listen. She opened a single room on Marigold Street to do it differently.
Eleven years later we’re still small on purpose. We’d rather walk alongside a few hundred people properly than process thousands. The work is slow, the relationships are real, and the door stays low enough to actually get through.
What we believe
Four principles we don’t compromise on
02 Access is the work
If support can’t be reached, it isn’t support. Low-barrier intake, plain paperwork and sliding-scale places are not extras here.
03 Evidence, not vibes
We borrow from coaching research, mindfulness and stress science - and we’re honest about what we don’t know.
04 You keep the skills
Our aim is your independence. Everything we teach is something you can keep doing long after you stop seeing us.
The people
A small team you’ll actually get to know
No rotating roster. You see the same faces, week to week.
Rena Hollis
Founder · Lead coach
ICF-credentialled. Eleven years of one-to-one practice and a soft spot for people who think they should be coping better.
Idris Almasi
Resilience & stress practitioner
Leads the Resilience Cycle. Builds the breath, movement and routine work that helps people recover faster from setbacks.
Petra Vasquez
Access & intake lead
Runs our accessible onboarding and advocacy work - the person who makes sure the paperwork never becomes the barrier.
How we got here
A short timeline
2014
One room opens
Rena Hollis takes a lease on 14 Marigold Street and sees her first dozen clients by word of mouth.
2018
The Resilience Cycle is born
A structured 12-week container is designed after years of refining what actually sticks for people.
2021
Access becomes core
We formalise low-barrier intake and sliding-scale places after too many people told us help felt out of reach.
2026
Four practitioners, same ethos
Still small, still on Marigold Street, still measuring success in steadiness rather than scale.
When you’re ready
Come and see if we’re a fit.
The first conversation costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
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