- Years in practice
- 20
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New York
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Grief
About Denise
Denise Cooper is a licensed clinical social worker with two decades of experience supporting people through hard moments. She uses a client-centered approach that keeps the person’s priorities front and center. Denise speaks plainly and helps people find clearer ways to cope with stress and worry.
Her work often focuses on parenting concerns, anxiety, depression, trauma and attachment wounds. She also helps people managing relationship and intimacy issues, grief, anger, self-esteem struggles, and career transitions.
Background and approach
Denise has experience supporting people with autism and ADHD and addresses related communication and family-of-origin questions. In sessions she combines practical tools with a steady, listening presence. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors.
Mindfulness practices help slow down anxious thinking and improve moment-to-moment awareness. Denise also draws on attachment-based ideas to help people notice patterns from early relationships that affect how they connect now. Motivational interviewing is used when someone needs support finding their own reasons and steps for change.
The emphasis is on collaboration and short, clear goals that fit a person’s life. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different schedules and needs. Denise works from New York and conducts sessions in English.
To begin, clients complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist’s availability.
What Denise works with
Everything Denise lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Denise helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Denise lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Attachment and Practical Skills Online
Denise blends attachment-informed work with cognitive behavioral and client-centered methods. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people loosen repeating cycles in relationships. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and low mood. Client-centered therapy keeps the person’s priorities at the center and emphasizes listening and collaborative problem solving.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Denise works together with each person to choose methods that match their goals and day-to-day life. She checks in about what is helping and adjusts the plan as needed so the work feels relevant and doable.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or be used when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and texting let people check in between sessions or use shorter, frequent supports. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to try approaches that work for the person.
Questions people ask about Denise
What concerns does Denise help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, anger, self-esteem, career changes, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and related areas such as attachment and communication problems.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses a client-centered approach paired with practical methods like cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, attachment-based ideas, and motivational interviewing to set collaborative goals.
How much experience does she have?
Denise brings 20 years of clinical experience supporting people through life transitions, trauma, mood concerns, and parenting challenges.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, licensed in New York and practices out of that region.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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