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Jarryd Holtan
JoinedMarch 18, 2026
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Jarryd Holtan is a Mental Health Counselor who specializes in working with anxiety and associated disorders such as OCD and social phobias. He currently works with Bellevue Counseling in Bellevue, Washington and spent the first 15 years of his career as a Peace Corps Volunteer and an Analytical Scientist.
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MINDFULNESS VS. ANXIETY: A therapist’s perspective

Jarryd Holtan·March 25, 2026
The therapeutic perks of mindfulness are indisputable. But if you’re anything like my clients (or myself), prompts like “sit mindfully”...
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