- CBT techniques
- DBT skills
- Mindfulness practice
About Denise
Denise Mason is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri with 10 years of clinical experience. She works with adults on issues such as depression, anxiety, relationship problems, stress, grief, parenting concerns, and anger. She is LGBTQ+ affirming and supports people navigating major life changes and career strain.
Her work centers on understanding what matters to each person and building practical skills for day-to-day life. She uses clear, conversational techniques to help people notice patterns that feed frustration or resentment. Sessions often include talking through recent conflicts, identifying helpful behaviors, and practicing ways to respond differently in tense moments.
Denise draws on several evidence-based approaches to shape sessions. She uses client-centered methods to follow the person’s priorities, cognitive behavioral tools to spot and test unhelpful thoughts, and DBT strategies for managing intense emotions. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing also appear as tools for settling reactivity and supporting change.
She brings experience with a wide range of concerns beyond anger, including trauma, chronic illness, caregiving stress, and family problems. Her background makes her familiar with common workplace and midlife pressures, blended family issues, and challenges that come with aging.
In sessions she aims for straightforward conversation and useful practice. People leave with specific steps they can try between meetings. To begin, clients use the provider’s online intake and scheduling flow to match and set the first appointment.
How her approaches apply to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client’s priorities. Online sessions let the therapist and client spend time on whatever feels most pressing, whether that is anger at a partner, workplace frustration, or grief. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. In an online session CBT can be used to notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try small experiments between meetings. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills. Those skills translate into short practice exercises that can be reviewed and adjusted during remote sessions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Denise will discuss goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try first. That collaborative process helps shape what skills and exercises will be most useful for daily life and for moments of intense anger or stress.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm available options before booking. Online appointments can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and support practicing skills between meetings without a long commute. Many people find remote sessions help them keep therapy consistent alongside work, caregiving, and other responsibilities.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Missouri
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, parenting concerns, grief, trauma, anger, and related life transitions.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses a practical, client-centered approach that focuses on clear conversation and skill building to manage emotions and behavior.
How much experience does she have?
She has 10 years of experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor in Missouri.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She holds an LPC credential in Missouri and practices with that credential in that state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can I work with her from another country?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.