Real healing for the parts of your life that success hasn't reached.
Therapy for people managing trauma, grief, or the lasting effects of where they came from — including EMDR therapy for trauma and complex grief.
More than two decades of clinical practice
Licensed Clinical Social Worker — Licensed throughout California and Missouri
There's a lot you've accomplished — in your career, in the way you carry yourself, in the areas of life where you've had to be strong. And somewhere underneath all of that is a version of you that's guarded, quietly exhausted, or quietly wondering if something in her is off.
What brings people here
Sometimes it's crisis. More often, it's what's underneath a fully managed life — and a readiness to stop carrying it alone. People come to this work carrying some combination of:
- A traumatic event, or years of accumulated ones, that continues to shape how they think, feel, and function today
- Grief and loss of a loved one that really hurts — a death, a suicide, a relationship, a version of life they thought they'd have
- A family of origin that taught them to perform, please, or disappear in order to be safe
- A creeping sense of numbness, exhaustion, or disconnection from their own life, even when things “look fine”
If any of that sounds familiar, you're in the right place.
How I work
I offer an honest, direct approach for people ready for deep, real change — along with realtime coping strategies. We weave trauma-focused clinical work with gentle energy-based practices to address what's happened to you on every level it lives: in your story, your nervous system, and your body.
This space allows you to build the clarity, resilience, and self-trust you may need to move forward. Together, we untangle what's tangled and dismantle what no longer serves you — so you can find your flow, rediscover your speckles of joy, and reconnect with confidence, ease, and the other successes that have felt out of reach.
How that work takes shape
Most people arrive somewhere in the first three and draw on the rest along the way.
Complex Trauma Therapy
For what was prolonged, repeated, or foundational — not one incident, but a pattern.
Grief Therapy
For loss that hasn't finished being felt.
Family of Origin Work
For the patterns you learned before you had any say in the matter.
EMDR
Structured, evidence-based processing so distressing memories stop intruding on your present.
Inner Child Work
So the adult you actually gets to run the show.
Energy-Based Practices
Used to complement clinical work, never to replace it.
Denise is the best! Very welcoming and comfortable person to work with. She makes every session feel very safe.
You don't need the right words, a tidy timeline, or proof that it's “bad enough” to deserve help.
You need to be ready to do the work. That's where we start.