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Denise Cooper, LCSW

Compassionate, practical care for anxiety and stress

20 years in practice · based in New York · sessions in English · online sessions

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About Denise

Denise Cooper is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 20 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, and relationship concerns. She uses a client-centered approach that treats each person as the expert on their own life. Denise focuses on practical steps people can use right away to feel steadier and more capable.

She prioritizes understanding attachment wounds and how early relationships shape current reactions. That perspective is often useful for people dealing with intimacy, abandonment, or family of origin issues.

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Background and approach

Denise also supports people facing depression, grief, and the ongoing strain of caregiving or compassion fatigue. Her work includes helping people with ADHD, autism and Asperger Syndrome, and body image or codependency struggles. She listens for patterns that keep problems repeating and then tries simple, concrete changes to interrupt them.

Sessions are conversational and paced to each person’s needs. Denise blends evidence-based tools like cognitive behavioral techniques with mindfulness and motivational interviewing. These methods are used to reframe thoughts, build small habits, and increase motivation for change.

The goal is clearer thinking and more consistent action toward personal goals. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for ongoing support. Denise practices from New York and works with English-speaking clients.

To begin, she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a session.

How her approaches translate to online care

Denise often uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape current reactions. That work helps people who struggle with intimacy, abandonment fears, or repeated relationship patterns by naming those dynamics and trying new ways of relating.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to pinpoint unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes because it focuses on clear steps you can practice between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Denise will discuss goals, try methods that fit your needs, and adjust as you learn what helps. The plan is collaborative and paced to what feels doable.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for full sessions and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be used for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing thoughts or coaching between meetings. These options make it easier to fit sessions into workdays, manage short check-ins, or keep contact between appointments.
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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and relationship and intimacy-related issues. Additional areas include parenting, career changes, ADHD, and body image or codependency problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is client-centered and conversational. She blends attachment work, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to create practical steps clients can use between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker. That background includes supporting people through trauma, attachment wounds, and long-term stress.
Where is she based and what is her credential?
She practices in New York and holds the LCSW credential. Sessions are offered in English.
Can I work with her from another country?
She does not accept international clients. Sessions are available to people located where her licensing allows practice in New York.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Messaging replies are typically provided within 24 to 48 hours.
How are fees and billing handled?
Costs vary depending on location and therapist availability and are handled through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing details appear during sign-up.
What do I need to do to begin?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. Then schedule sessions according to the therapist's listed availability.

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Experience
20 years
Licensed
New York
Languages
English

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