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Denise Hamilton, LICSW, LMSW

Based in Michigan Online sessions

Practical, collaborative therapy for life and parenting challenges

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Years in practice
15
Credentials
LICSW, LMSW
Licensed in
Massachusetts, Michigan
Languages
English
Focus
Stress, Anxiety
Focus
LGBT
Focus
Relationship issues
About

About Denise

Denise Hamilton is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, LICSW, and a Licensed Master Social Worker, LMSW, practicing in Michigan. She has 15 years of clinical experience and a background that includes leadership and coaching in executive and nonprofit settings. Denise focuses on helping people make sense of stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, parenting concerns, and life transitions.

Her approach is down-to-earth and collaborative. She adapts methods to match how each person learns and communicates.

Background and approach

Sessions aim to connect thoughts, feelings, and behaviors so practical steps toward change become clearer. She keeps conversation direct and often brings a bit of warmth or humor when appropriate. Denise uses a mix of approaches to fit individual needs, including acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-focused work, client-centered listening, cognitive strategies, and emotionally-focused techniques.

These approaches are chosen to help people build coping skills, strengthen connections, and manage painful emotions. She also offers coaching for leaders who want to improve performance and confidence. That work draws on her experience as an executive and a nonprofit leader and focuses on practical goals, decision making, and clearer communication.

People who come to Denise can expect steady, respectful support and a practical focus on what changes will feel manageable. She works with adults across a wide range of life stages and often helps parents who are juggling multiple demands. Her style suits those who want clear collaboration and tools they can use between sessions.

Focus areas and approaches

What Denise works with

Everything Denise lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Denise helps people with.

Approaches Denise lists

Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.

Online support

Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life

Denise often draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and taking action toward values. This can help with anxiety, stress, and making choices that match what matters most.

She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationship patterns shape current bonds and communication. That work can help people who want to improve connection and trust in close relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used as well to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try new behaviors that reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Denise will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they pick strategies that feel like a good fit and adjust them as progress is made.

Online therapy makes it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Video calls let people meet face-to-face when longer conversations are needed. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth or camera use is a challenge. Live chat and text-based messaging offer quick check-ins or shorter, more frequent touchpoints between longer sessions. These options help maintain continuity and flexibility for parents, working professionals, and others with tight schedules.
Questions

Questions people ask about Denise

What kinds of concerns does Denise address?

She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and communication problems, grief, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, parenting issues, and career or life transitions.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is down-to-earth and collaborative. She adapts methods to match how each person learns and communicates and uses practical tools to support change.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 15 years of experience working with people across a range of concerns and also brings leadership and coaching experience from executive and nonprofit roles.

What credentials and location are listed?

She holds MA LICSW and MI LMSW credentials and practices in Michigan.

Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?

Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How are sessions billed or paid for?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.

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