About Us
We bring a personal one on one approach to every clientABOUT THE OWNERS

Mr. Franklyn Dolly
Founder, Chairman
Mr Franklyn V. Dolly is a pioneer of Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs) in Trinidad and Tobago. Concerned about the impact of economic liberalization on workers in Trinidad and Tobago he sought first to train and then offer EAP services in Trinidad and Tobago. In the 1980s Dolly and Associates Ltd offered the first EAP service to companies in Trinidad and Tobago.
Mr Dolly holds Masters degrees in Public Administration and Social Work from Syracuse University, New York and a BA Social Work, Ryerson University, Toronto. He has worked in senior management positions in Personnel, Finance and Administration and in Social Work for over forty (40) years. This wealth of experiences and training has shaped a unique perspective that enables him to straddle interpersonal issues as well as management and organizational challenges.
Known for his dynamic solution orientation and positive world view, Mr Dolly has a passion and unique aptitude for supporting persons in achieving their goals. He particularly focuses on behaviours, including one’s thought processes, that need to change to achieve one’s goals. This perspective has created space for the practice to embrace a range of methodologies and practices that support behaviour change – counselling, psychometric testing, training and facilitation etc. – all geared to helping persons enhance their quality of life.
With specialist training in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; Disaster Preparedness; Psychological Debriefing; Managing Change/Transition; Solution focused Therapy; Traumatic Incident Reduction and Dispute Resolution/ Mediation services, Mr Dolly is exceptionally qualified in a range of behaviour change techniques. He has had extensive experience in developing and facilitating training programmes in a range of areas including organizational behaviour empowerment. Mr Dolly is a sought after speaker on a range of behaviour related topics.

Franklyn Dolly
Founder and Chairman
Mr Franklyn V. Dolly is a pioneer of Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs) in Trinidad and Tobago. Concerned about the impact of economic liberalization on workers in Trinidad and Tobago he sought first to train and then offer EAP services in Trinidad and Tobago. In the 1980s Dolly and Associates Ltd offered the first EAP service to companies in Trinidad and Tobago.
Mr Dolly holds Masters degrees in Public Administration and Social Work from Syracuse University, New York and a BA Social Work, Ryerson University, Toronto. He has worked in senior management positions in Personnel, Finance and Administration and in Social Work for over forty (40) years. This wealth of experiences and training has shaped a unique perspective that enables him to straddle interpersonal issues as well as management and organizational challenges.
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With specialist training in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; Disaster Preparedness; Psychological Debriefing; Managing Change/Transition; Solution focused Therapy; Traumatic Incident Reduction and Dispute Resolution/ Mediation services, Mr Dolly is exceptionally qualified in a range of behaviour change techniques. He has had extensive experience in developing and facilitating training programmes in a range of areas including organizational behaviour empowerment. Mr Dolly is a sought after speaker on a range of behaviour related topics.

Dr. Jennifer Holder Dolly
CEO, Clinical Director
Dr Jennifer Holder Dolly is the Chief Executive Officer and Clinical Director of Dolly and Associates Limited. An experienced individual and family therapist with over 25 years experience, Dr Holder Dolly is known for her insightfulness and gentle yet incisive style in working with persons with a range of client concerns. She has worked intensively in disaster recovery and management, heading the social sector recovery effort in the ARD Grenada following the country’s devastation by Hurricane Ivan. She has specialist training in trauma management, gestalt oriented change and brief therapy modes. She is a certified Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR) trainer and facilitator. Dr Holder Dolly invests this considerable experience and knowledge in providing guidance and oversight to the clinical processes at Dolly and Associates Ltd.
Dr. Holder Dolly’s tertiary education spans three educational bodies from the University of the West Indies, Mona, to Columbia University, New York and the Union Institute and University, Ohio where she obtained her doctorate in Interdisciplinary Studies (Social Work, Women’s Studies and HSO organizational development). Dr Holder Dolly’s passion for training and development led her to lecture in Social Work and coordinate Graduate Studies at the University of the West Indies for fifteen years. She has also worked extensively in programme development, planning and change management in the public sector. She has consulted with private, public sector and NGOs and conducted a range of psycho-educational and personal development workshops. Dr Holder Dolly has researched and presented many papers on different social phenomena at regional and international conferences and workshops.

Dr. Jennifer Holder Dolly
Co-Founder and CEO
Dr Jennifer Holder Dolly is the Chief Executive Officer and Clinical Director of Dolly and Associates Limited. An experienced individual and family therapist with over 25 years experience, Dr Holder Dolly is known for her insightfulness and gentle yet incisive style in working with persons with a range of client concerns. She has worked intensively in disaster recovery and management, heading the social sector recovery effort in the ARD Grenada following the country’s devastation by Hurricane Ivan. She has specialist training in trauma management, gestalt oriented change and brief therapy modes. She is a certified Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR) trainer and facilitator. Dr Holder Dolly invests this considerable experience and knowledge in providing guidance and oversight to the clinical processes at Dolly and Associates Ltd.
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Building Resilience And Empowering Lives Once Step At A Time
Dolly and Associates Ltd. was the brainchild of founder Franklyn Dolly. Franklyn desired to create a service to support persons struggling with the financial and economic challenges of the 1980s, to achieve their potential. He remembers jokingly in the first months of practice renting an office and sitting there everyday without a single client. He also recalls people telling him that men would never come to see a counsellor – a belief that he disproved.
Thirty years later, with his wife Jennifer’s support, Franklyn’s passionate desire to help, propelled the growth of Dolly and Associates Ltd. to an organization with some 20 professional associates providing behaviour management services including counselling, psychological testing and facilitation, to individuals, groups, families, communities and organizations.
As one of the largest and longest operating Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs) in Trinidad and Tobago, our services remain focused around supporting the enhancement of people’s wellbeing.
What to Expect From Us
Personalized and Interactive Experience
We provide a supportive environment where you can feel safe to explore your concerns and needs.
Excellence and Integrity
We provide our services with professional excellence, integrity, insight and genuine compassion.
Dedicated Support
Our skilled and compassionate counselors are available to support you in achieving your goals.
Timely Support
We provide timely, objective and confidential counseling to support effective performance and behavioral changes within our clients.
Our Clinical Expertise
Building Resilience And Empowering Lives Once Step At A Time
Individuals will find that our services give support and pay special attention to their needs and concerns. Most of our clients come to us because they want to improve their wellbeing and quality of life. Sometimes we may feel stuck with a particular issue, situation, or feel overwhelmed. We may be facing difficult changes and transitions in our lives. Dolly and Associates expertise spans across many areas of human functioning.
As an organization that promotes empowerment, we are committed to partnering with you as you confront these challenges and effect positive changes in your life. Our service in the corporate sector responds to the ever-changing needs of the organization as its demands change. Our corporate programmes are tailor-made to address the specific concerns of each organization and are aimed at increasing employee productivity and wellbeing and enhancing organization performance.
- Effective Child / Adolescent Counseling 88%
- Treatment of Addictions / Substance Abuse 78%
- Individual / Marriage / Couple / Family Counseling 94%
- Workplace Training and Employee Wellness 85%
- Testing / Measurement / Assessment 90%
Our Mission and Vision
Our goal is to facilitate empowerment by building character and resilience within individuals.
Our Committment
Dolly and Associates Limited is committed to delivering services in a developmental and empowering manner to our clientele. Our service provision is driven by the distinct needs of our clients as they strive to achieve and improve their functionality and competence. We partner with our clients in developing strategies and creating personalized solutions that meet their needs. We are committed to principle-centred and integrity led service.
Clinical Practitioners
Years of Counseling Experience
Our Core Services
We work with children, individuals, teams, and organizations to provide consistently high quality counseling and therapy services.
Individual Therapy
A one-on-one session with a therapist that focuses on building a rapport and working together to create positive changes in your life.
Psychometric Testing
A powerful and versatile assessment tool increasingly used to help identify and develop a candidate’s skills, knowledge and personality.
Relationship Counseling
Relationship Counselling services are designed to help you work through relationship or communication problems and create emotional closeness.
Family Therapy
Joint family sessions with therapist to resolve conflict, improve communication and create harmony in the home.