About Denise
Denise Mitchell, MD, LCPC, LPC, offers practical, person-focused therapy for people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and ADHD concerns. She uses clear, direct conversation to help clients sort choices and find workable steps forward. Denise aims to make starting therapy feel less overwhelming and more manageable.
She draws on client-centered work to listen without judgment and help clients notice what matters most to them. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to identify unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors in everyday life.
Background and approach
Solution-focused and trauma-focused tools provide short-term strategies and targeted support when past events still cause pain. Denise has 19 years of clinical experience and practices in Maryland. Over that time she has helped people with relationship strain, caregiver stress, career questions, self-esteem issues, anger, and coping with major life changes.
Her practice also addresses concerns such as infidelity, divorce and separation, multicultural issues, and personality disorder challenges. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. She works with each person to build a simple plan that fits their daily life.
Clients can expect practical skills, clear feedback, and space to reflect on choices. Denise keeps a warm and direct style. She encourages collaboration and will adapt methods to fit each person’s needs.
The focus is on small, steady steps that lead to clearer thinking and better coping.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Client-centered work focuses on listening and understanding each person’s priorities. In online sessions this means the therapist follows your lead, clarifies what matters, and helps you set goals that fit your life. It is useful for people who need someone to hear them and help make sense of hard choices.Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify thoughts that influence feelings and behavior, then tests new actions to change outcomes. Online CBT sessions often include short homework tasks, thought records, and step-by-step experiments you can try between meetings to see what helps with anxiety, depression, or ADHD-related challenges.
Solution-focused therapy concentrates on small, concrete changes and on building strengths. In a remote session this can look like quick goal-setting, checking progress, and adjusting plans so improvements happen fast and feel doable.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and day-to-day constraints, then suggest which methods to try. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is helpful and what feels workable.
Online formats offer practical benefits. Video calls let you use visual cues and deeper conversation. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, quick skills practice, or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work and family routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Personality disorders
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Maryland, Virginia
- Languages
- English
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