About Denisha
Denisha Smith is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in Florida who draws on 11 years of experience to help people manage stress and anxiety. She meets clients where they are and moves at a pace that feels manageable. Her style focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions.
Denisha uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also integrates mindfulness practices to build attention and calm, and sometimes brings in EMDR for clients processing traumatic memories.
Background and approach
Her work emphasizes clear, concrete tools to reduce overwhelm and improve daily functioning. She helps with a wide range of concerns such as depression, relationship and family problems, parenting stress, anger, self-esteem, bipolar mood concerns, and life transitions. Denisha also supports people dealing with attachment issues, caregiver strain, communication problems, guilt and shame, and social anxiety.
Sessions tend to be collaborative and focused on small, achievable changes. She encourages clients to try techniques between sessions and then review what works and what needs adjusting. That approach helps build momentum and a sense of control over difficult situations.
Clients who have experienced trauma or emotional abuse may find EMDR and mindfulness helpful parts of the work. Denisha aims to reduce stigma around labels and to help people find practical routes toward more ease in daily life.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and replace them with practical alternatives. It often includes short exercises to try between sessions and works well for anxiety, depression, and workplace stress.Mindfulness Therapy focuses on training attention and building moment-to-moment awareness. Practices are simple and can be guided over video or audio to help reduce reactivity and increase calm in daily life.
EMDR is a therapy some people use when processing traumatic memories; it involves structured recall alongside specific bilateral stimulation and can be adapted for remote sessions for those who find it useful.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will review concerns, goals, and preferences and recommend methods to try together. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions offer flexibility for busy schedules and different life demands. Video calls provide face-to-face interaction for skill teaching and guided exercises. Phone sessions can be a good option when a quieter space or lower bandwidth is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, quick coping strategies, or ongoing support between longer sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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