- Years in practice
- 25
- Credentials
- LCPC, LPC
- Licensed in
- Illinois, Virginia
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Denise
Denise Marie is a licensed counselor with 25 years of experience. She practices in Virginia and brings a compassionate, down-to-earth style to sessions. She focuses on parenting concerns alongside a broad range of life challenges.
Her credentials include LCPC (Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor) and LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor). Denise uses an integrative approach that pulls from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral tools, and mindfulness practices. She helps people break problems into manageable steps and learn skills they can use at home.
Background and approach
Sessions often include practical exercises, normalizing moments of struggle, and setting small, doable goals. Her background includes long experience in counseling, substance abuse treatment, art therapy, health and wellness coaching, and clinical supervision. That variety shaped a flexible way of working that adapts to each person's needs.
She has helped people during life transitions, grief, trauma recovery, and issues with mood and motivation. Common areas she addresses are stress, anxiety, parenting, addictions, self-esteem, depression, and coping with change. She also supports people dealing with relationship and intimacy issues, eating and sleeping concerns, anger, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
Sessions aim to boost day-to-day coping more than to label or overpathologize. Denise believes strong therapeutic relationships matter most. She works to create an atmosphere of respect and presence.
Therapy is framed as a collaborative process where small changes add up over time.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Denise lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approach, Therapy Style, and Online Options
Denise draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based methods to help people notice patterns and try new behaviors. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes, which can help with anxiety, depression, and parenting challenges. Mindfulness therapy emphasizes paying attention to the present moment and building self-awareness, which often reduces reactivity and supports emotion regulation.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they try methods, adjust as needed, and pick the tools that fit the person's life and schedule.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good when visual connection helps the work. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging suit brief check-ins, skill practice, or people who prefer writing between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy parenting and work routines.
Questions people ask about Denise
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, self-esteem, depression, parenting, grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, anger, career struggles, bipolar challenges, ADHD, and related concerns.
What is her therapy style like?
Her work is integrative and client-centered with practical elements from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, acceptance and commitment therapy, and motivational interviewing.
How much experience does she have?
She brings 25 years of experience in counseling, substance abuse treatment, art therapy, health and wellness coaching, and clinical supervision.
Where is she licensed and located?
She holds LCPC and LPC credentials and practices in Virginia. The listed credentials are IL LCPC and VA LPC.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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