About Denise
Denise Carey is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Pennsylvania with 24 years of experience. She has worked across many concerns including depression, anxiety, addiction, relationship and parenting challenges, trauma and ADHD. Denise brings a steady, compassionate presence to sessions and helps people break problems into manageable steps.
She favors straightforward, practical work. Sessions often focus on short-term goals, clearer communication, and skill building. Denise uses tools drawn from cognitive behavioral ideas and client-centered therapy to help people change unhelpful patterns and notice strengths.
Background and approach
Her background includes years supporting people after crisis and working with survivors of physical and emotional abuse. That experience informs how she responds to intense emotions and safety concerns during treatment. She also has long experience addressing substance-related struggles and grief.
Denise aims to collaborate on a clear plan. She listens for what matters most to the person in front of her and adjusts strategies accordingly. Progress is checked in regular conversations so goals stay relevant.
Online and phone formats are part of her practice to fit different schedules. Sessions can include brief check-ins, skill practice, and longer therapy conversations depending on need. Many clients find this flexibility helps them follow through as life gets busy.
How her approaches work online and by phone
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person's experience and following their priorities. Sessions using this approach involve listening deeply and shaping goals around what feels most important to the client, which helps when uncertainty or big emotions get in the way.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses straightforward exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and build new habits, a useful fit for anxiety, depression, ADHD-related challenges, and stress management.
Denise will work together with the person to find the best mix of approaches. She checks in about what is or isn't helping and adjusts the plan. Finding the right methods is a collaborative process based on goals, preferences, and pace.
Offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging makes it easier to use therapy around school, work, or caregiving. Phone work can be a shorter check-in when schedules are tight, while video allows more in-depth conversation and skill practice. Messaging and live chat offer quick touchpoints between sessions to try new strategies and stay connected to progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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