Denise Smith

Denise Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 17 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and anger. Denise aims to offer respectful, sensitive, and compassionate care as people take the first step toward change.

She adapts conversations and treatment plans to fit each person's needs. Sessions are practical and goal-focused, with an emphasis on building skills for everyday life. Denise works with issues related to mood disorders, bipolar disorder, panic attacks, and grief, and she supports people navigating identity and intimacy questions.

Her practice includes work with relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, blended family issues, and co-occurring problems such as substance use. She also addresses less common or more stigmatized topics, including alternative sex culture, BDSM and kink, and gender dysphoria, in a nonjudgmental way.

Denise uses a mix of approaches to suit different situations. She draws on client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing when they fit a client’s goals. Expect a collaborative tone where the therapist listens first and helps tailor practical steps next.

People who choose her care can expect clear aims for sessions and help practicing new skills between meetings. She accepts international clients and conducts work in English.

How Denise's approaches fit online therapy

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and tailoring each conversation to the person. It helps people feel heard and guides the therapist to match support to what matters most to the client.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors link together. It uses practical exercises and step-by-step strategies to reduce anxiety, manage mood symptoms, and address problematic habits.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. It can help when anger, panic, or mood swings get in the way of daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Denise will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That choice can change over time as needs shift.

Specific session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example, by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a break, or avoiding the need to be on camera for every visit. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and homework to work well over distance, helping clients practice skills between meetings.