About Denise
Denise Buckingham is a licensed independent clinical social worker with eight years of experience in mental health care. She works with adults and adolescents on common struggles like anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and addiction. Denise aims to make therapy simple and direct so parents and busy people can find practical help quickly.
She blends psychodynamic talk therapy with cognitive-behavioral tools. That means she will listen for emotional patterns from the past while also helping clients notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
How Denise works
She shifts emphasis based on what each person prefers and what seems most useful. Denise often helps people coping with grief, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and issues around identity and intimacy. She also supports people dealing with career stress, caregiver strain, chronic health challenges, and mood disorders including bipolar and disruptive mood dysregulation concerns.
She can work with addictive behaviors and eating or body image struggles as well. Her style is conversational and collaborative. Sessions can include short-term problem solving, deeper exploration of life patterns, or a mix of both.
Denise is comfortable using message-based and live chat counseling alongside other formats when that fits a client's needs. She practices in Massachusetts and conducts sessions in English. If someone wants to begin, she asks them to use the site Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to her availability.
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What Denise works with
The areas below are the ones Denise selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Massachusetts |
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Online support options
How Denise’s Methods Work Online
Denise uses psychodynamic approaches and cognitive-behavioral therapy to guide online work. Psychodynamic therapy focuses on talking through feelings and life patterns to understand how past experiences shape current behavior. It can help when people want deeper insight into recurring relationship or emotional issues. Cognitive-behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is often useful for anxiety, depression, and sleep problems.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Denise will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide whether to emphasize insight-oriented talk, skills-based CBT, or a mix of both so the plan fits the person’s needs.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face work for deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging suit people who prefer shorter, written exchanges or need to fit counseling into a busy schedule.
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