About Denise
Denise Marie brings a client-centered, integrative therapeutic style to her practice, blending evidence-based methods to address a wide range of concerns.
Background and approach
With 25 years of clinical experience, she tailors treatment using approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and mindfulness techniques to help people manage stress, anxiety, mood disturbances, addiction, and trauma. Denise emphasizes building an authentic working relationship as the foundation for change and growth.
Licensed as an LCPC and LPC, Denise has worked across counseling, art therapy, substance abuse treatment, health and wellness coaching, and clinical supervision, and she applies that breadth to individualized care.
Her practice addresses issues including self-esteem, grief and loss, intimacy and relationship concerns, sleep and eating difficulties, anger and impulsivity, and co-occurring conditions such as bipolar symptoms and substance use. She also supports clients facing life transitions, career challenges, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and a variety of family and communication problems.
In sessions she focuses on helping clients develop practical coping skills, increase emotional awareness, and reconnect with personal values and strengths. Denise works from Virginia and conducts sessions in English, offering flexible formats to fit different schedules and needs.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Denise frequently uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on clarifying personal values and learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that align with what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy targets the connections among thoughts, emotions, and behaviors and offers practical strategies for changing unhelpful patterns and improving mood and functioning.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. She works with each client to explore which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting interventions over time so the work remains relevant and effective for the individual.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility and accessibility. These options make it easier to schedule regular appointments around work, family, or other commitments and support continuity of care when in-person meetings are not possible. Licensed professionals can deliver structured, skills-based interventions and reflective therapy through these formats, allowing clients to practice new strategies and receive ongoing feedback from their therapist.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Virginia
- Languages
- English