In the early '80s, Holly became a practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming, a modality that also has sustained great respect in the psychotherapeutic community.

Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), developed by Richard Bandler and John Grinder, was a brilliant exploration into uncharted territory. Bandler and Grinder made careful observations of some of the acknowledged most effective therapists of the time, such as Milton Erikson, Virginia Satir, and Fritz Perls. They discovered patterns of language that were common amongst these therapists that they believed were at the root of their effectiveness with clients. They developed NLP based upon the premise that these patterns could be learned by other therapists. NLP also includes several strategies that are highly effective in brief therapy such as re-framing and anchoring.

In the mid '90s, Brian became a Level II practitioner in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), developed by Francine Shapiro, made significant in-roads into resolving post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for people who had suffered for years without relief from other therapies. A brief therapy that reorganizes how we hold memories from the current, "fight or flight" area of the brain to the non-emotionally charged, narrative area of the brain, EMDR has proven to be highly effective for war veterans, abuse survivors, and accident survivors. EMDR is evolving as a tool useful in spiritual development, for example, in removing blocks to intimate sexual connection and facilitating meditative process.