About Denise
Denise Gallo is an AASW social worker with 34 years of professional experience in Australia. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety and life changes. Denise draws on straightforward conversation and practical tools to help people feel steadier day to day.
She works patiently with people affected by trauma and abuse, and with those struggling with self-esteem and motivation. Her approach is warm and respectful, and she adapts sessions to each person's needs.
Background and approach
Denise speaks English, Spanish, French and Italian, which can help when language matters in an emotional conversation. Denise has a long history in statutory child protection and has lived and worked in several countries. She is also a mother of six, and those life experiences inform her practical, real-world view of care.
She aims to combine professional practice with everyday understanding. Clinically, she uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based work, mindfulness and narrative techniques. In sessions she focuses on clarifying values, building coping skills and making small changes that matter.
People can expect a calm, steady presence and simple, usable strategies. Getting started begins with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling. Denise will tailor the pace and tools to your situation, helping you move from feeling stuck to having clearer steps forward.
Approaches that suit online counselling
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) invites people to clarify what matters most to them and to take small, values-driven steps. It helps when anxious thoughts or avoidance stop you doing everyday things you value. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in relationships and early connection. It can help people understand why they react strongly in close relationships and develop new, steadier ways of relating.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will talk with you about your current needs, goals and preferences and then tailor techniques together. That means work is collaborative and adjusted if something does not feel helpful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different lives. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, while phone calls need less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat or messaging can work for shorter check-ins, pacing your thoughts or keeping momentum between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit counselling into busy schedules and to keep therapy consistent over time.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Intellectual disability
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 34 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Spanish, French, Italian
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