About Denise
Denise Marie is a licensed counselor with 25 years of experience. She practices in Virginia and brings a practical, down-to-earth style to therapy. Her work focuses on everyday problems like anxiety, stress, addiction, depression, and relationship or family difficulties.
She uses an integrative approach and adapts methods to each person's needs. Sessions often include mindfulness skills, cognitive-behavioral strategies, and acceptance-based practices to help manage thoughts and feelings. Motivational interviewing and client-centered techniques are used to build strength and momentum.
Background and approach
Denise has long experience supporting people through grief, trauma and abuse, and major life changes. She also helps with concerns such as ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, sleep and eating problems, and career or parenting strain. The aim is to make small, useful changes that add up over time.
Her background includes work in substance abuse treatment, art therapy, health and wellness coaching, and clinical supervision. That variety informs flexible ways of working that balance skill teaching with emotional support. The style is collaborative and paced to what each person needs.
People who come to Denise can expect clear goals, practical tools, and a steady, respectful presence during hard moments. She frames therapy as a partnership focused on managing symptoms, strengthening coping, and finding more satisfying ways to move forward.
Evidence-based approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that match their values. It’s useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes because it focuses on living a meaningful life despite difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to change thinking patterns and behaviors that keep problems going. CBT often helps with anxiety, depression, insomnia, and eating difficulties by targeting thoughts and routines that maintain symptoms. Mindfulness Therapy involves simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm; it complements skill-based work and can ease stress and anger.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Denise will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust them as progress is made, so therapy stays practical and goal-focused.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when voice and visual cues matter, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat or text-based messaging supports brief check-ins, coaching-style guidance, or ongoing prompts between sessions. These options make it possible to fit therapy into busy days and to use the method that best suits each person’s routine and comfort.
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What this counselor works with
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- 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