Enough is enough.
Your teen or young adult needs you to help them make a change. Our therapist is here to help.
My therapy and counseling services are for you if:
You are a parent or guardian of a child ages 13-24 who may be exhibiting signs of depression or anxiety.
Your teen or young adult may be self-harming, have suicidal thoughts, have experienced frequent hospitalizations, or need a step down from partial hospitalization.
You are a teen or young adult in need of help to manage overwhelming emotions and need help coping with everyday stressors.
Our compassionate, evidence-based therapy approaches help teens and families navigate complex emotional landscapes, providing personalized support to restore mental wellness and resilience.
Healing Hearts, Healthy Minds provides comprehensive, evidence-based treatment interventions including: EMDR, dialectical behavioral therapy and trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy in an empathetic, compassionate, and nonjudgemental environment.
These interventions have been proven effective in treating teens and young adults who struggle with emotional distress and trauma. Parental involvement is key to a teen’s healing process, so the treatment process always includes parental involvement.
Denise also provides assistance to parents and is a parent coach. Parent coaching is available alongside parent support groups. Schedule a 15-minute chat with a licensed virtual therapist for more information.
Step out of chaos & into peace.
Ways to work with Denise.
Depending on your needs, you’ll be fitted with one of the following options.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
Comprehensive program involving individual therapy, group therapy, and phone coaching.
Teaches skills in emotional regulation, distress tolerance, mindfulness (focus), and interpersonal effectiveness.
Used to treat issues such as self-harm, suicidal ideation, depression, anxiety, ADHD.
Parent sessions provided to learn how to best support your teen.
An intake is required to see if DBT is a good fit.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
Focuses on present concerns.
Helps break through emotional blocks preventing living a life worth living.
Uses a set of procedures that organizes negative and positive thoughts, feelings, and emotions and uses bilateral stimulation to work through disturbing memories.
DBT, EMDR, and TF-CBT are evidence-based interventions proven to be effective in treating symptoms associated with trauma.
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
This program provides skills for both child and parent to reduce symptoms that have resulted from trauma. This is best suited for those with a diagnosis of PTSD.
Parent Coaching
Parenting teens and young adults with severe emotional problems can be a challenge. Sometimes parents and caregivers are looking for support when it comes to parenting that is not therapy related.
Please note that the parent coaching I offer is not meant to fulfill court-ordered parenting classes.
Parent coaching is not therapy and is not covered by insurance.
If you’re looking for supervision, consultation, or workshops click here.
The process to get started working with Denise is simple:
