- ACT and CBT
- DBT skills
- Mindfulness practice
About Denise
Denise Marie is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 25 years of experience. She practices in Virginia and works with adults facing stress, anxiety, addiction, anger, mood concerns, grief, trauma, and relationship difficulties. Denise brings practical strategies and a calm presence to conversations about what is hard right now.
She uses an integrative mix of approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered methods, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Mindfulness Therapy. Sessions focus on real-life skills - managing strong feelings, improving communication, and making choices that match personal values. Denise also draws on experience in substance abuse treatment, art therapy, health and wellness coaching, and clinical supervision.
Clients may work on specific problems like sleep, eating, parenting stress, career setbacks, or compulsive behaviors. Denise helps people notice patterns that keep them stuck and try different ways of responding. She pays attention to motivation and the small changes that add up over time.
Her background includes long-term clinical work with teens and adults, and support for people recovering from trauma, loss, and life transitions. She also offers coaching-style guidance for people who want concrete steps toward change. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused, with room for skills practice between meetings.
If you want to address anger, resentment, or repeated outbursts, Denise helps people identify triggers and build alternative responses. To begin, confirm current session options and scheduling details before booking.
How her approaches translate to online work
Denise commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in straightforward ways. ACT helps people notice painful thoughts and choose actions that match their values rather than getting stuck in avoidance. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety, anger, or low mood.She also brings Client-Centered principles into sessions, offering a conversational, nonjudgmental stance so the client directs much of the focus. That approach supports practical problem solving and building motivation for change. Choosing which method to use is a collaborative process; Denise will work with each person to match goals, needs, and preferences to an approach that fits.
Confirm the available session formats before booking, as the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, remove travel time, or allow shorter check-ins when a full session would be hard to schedule. It also lets people practice skills in their usual environment and bring real situations directly into discussion. Licensed professionals and therapists can adapt these approaches to remote sessions so people can work on anger management, stress, and other concerns while keeping therapy practical and focused on everyday life.
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Experience
25+ years
Listed in
Illinois, Virginia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, anger, depression, grief, trauma, relationship and communication problems, parenting stress, sleep and eating concerns, and related issues.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses an integrative, practical approach drawing on ACT, client-centered work, CBT, DBT, and mindfulness. Sessions focus on skills, values-based choices, and everyday strategies.
How much experience does she have?
Denise has 25 years of clinical experience, including counseling, substance abuse treatment, art therapy, wellness coaching, and clinical supervision.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She holds the LCPC and LPC credentials and practices in Virginia. The LCPC is listed alongside her LPC credential as provided.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the US work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions arranged and what formats are offered?
Please confirm current session formats before booking, since the biography does not specify which formats are used. The matching process will clarify how sessions are scheduled.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Availability of specific pricing is provided during the sign-up process.