Denise Carey
Compassionate LCSW focusing on practical change
LCSW Pennsylvania
- Experience
- 24 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Denise
Denise Carey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Pennsylvania with 24 years of experience. She has spent decades helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and the aftereffects of trauma.
Background and approach
Her manner is warm and compassionate, and she focuses on practical steps that bring relief. She has worked with people facing relationship and family problems, parenting challenges, grief, anger, and low self-esteem.
She also addresses concerns like ADHD, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue. Denise draws on a mix of approaches to suit each person’s needs.
In sessions she uses clear, goal-focused tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. She also applies client-centered ideas to listen and build on each person’s strengths.
The Gottman Method informs her work with relationship issues, helping identify interaction patterns and teach skills for better communication. Denise emphasizes collaboration.
She treats the person as the leader of the work and co-develops plans that fit real life. Practical coping techniques and short-term goals are often part of early sessions so people can see progress.
Her background includes crisis assessment experience and long clinical practice with adults, adolescents, and children. Sessions are offered in English and delivered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
She works with people located in Pennsylvania.
How Denise Uses Therapy Methods Online
Denise integrates several practical approaches when working online. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behavior with doable exercises, which helps with anxiety, depression, and mood regulation. The Gottman Method is used to spot interaction patterns and teach communication skills that reduce conflict and improve connection in relationships. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s experience, with the therapist listening closely and building on the client’s strengths to set meaningful goals.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Denise collaborates with each person to match methods to their goals and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress is made. Clients are invited to give feedback so sessions stay relevant and practical.
Online formats offer flexibility and different ways to participate. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is low, live chat can be a brief check-in, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep momentum between meetings.
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Experience
24+ years
Licensed in
Pennsylvania
Languages
English