About Denise
It's going to be honest, kind, occasionally uncomfortable, and — if you're willing to do the work — genuinely transformative.
Who I work with
I often work with women who are strong and capable in many areas of life — their careers, how they show up for others, how they handle pressure — and heavy in others, privately carrying something few people know about. Maybe it's a traumatic experience or a string of them. Maybe it's a loss that never got properly grieved. Maybe it's the imprint of growing up in a family where love came with conditions, chaos, or silence.
You've likely built a life that looks capable from the outside. This work is about making sure the inside catches up. Healing requires you to find the parts of yourself that were lost along the way.
My background
I've been doing clinical work for more than two decades, with a specialty in complex trauma and grief. In that time, I've come to believe that healing isn't just a mental exercise — it lives in the body and the nervous system as much as it lives in the mind. So my approach draws on:
- EMDR to process traumatic and distressing memories so they lose their grip
- Inner child work to reach the parts of you that formed under difficult conditions and are still running the show more than you'd like
- Energy-based practices, used gently and in service of the clinical work
I use these together because trauma rarely responds to just one tool. The goal isn't to relive the worst moments of your life on repeat. It's to reduce the charge those memories carry, let grief be felt instead of managed, and free up the energy you've been spending on survival so you can actually build something with it.
Credentials, specialties, and treatments
License & Education
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker
- Licensed in California #130090
- Licensed in Missouri #2002031754
- St. Louis University — Master of Social Work
- Holistic Business School — Alternative and Holistic Health Service
- EMDR — Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
Areas of Focus
- Complex Trauma
- Grief & Loss
- PTSD / CPTSD
- Suicide Loss
- Family of Origin
- Anxiety
- Depression
- General Mental Health
Treatments
- EMDR
- Trauma Informed
- Inner Child Work
- Energy-Based Practices
- EFT Tapping
- Reiki Energy Healing
- Holistic & Integrative
- Repattern Memories
Why this work, and why me
I bring two decades of clinical training, a genuinely direct communication style, a lot of empathy, and a kind, intuitive approach — plus, when it fits, a sense of humor. If you're looking for someone who will tell you the truth, hold real clinical expertise, and walk with you through the harder parts of your story, I'd love to work with you. I'm excited to support you in seeing real growth.
Warm regards, Denise
In their own words
Denise used EMDR and visualizations, and this has been transformative for me. I have gotten through some trauma and have begun to manifest areas I want to see improvement. I feel supported in the process and have been seeing growth in my family relationships and my career.
I came across Denise online and her concentration on holistic health drew me to start working with her. She has been unbelievably supportive and instrumental to my navigation of life transitions while coping with trauma by helping me identify tools to use when coming up against limiting beliefs. I have been able to transform so many aspects of myself with the guidance of her energy. If you are ready to make changes for yourself, do yourself a favor and allow in Denise's compassionate and efficacious energy to support you along the healing journey.
Denise is a deeply compassionate and intuitive therapist and healer. She supported me through my divorce and during a very difficult time at my job. Her warmth, wisdom, and sense of humor make her very good at her work. I highly recommend her.