About Denise
Denise Mercherson helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood, or doubts about themselves. She meets each person with respect and compassion. Denise is a licensed clinical social worker with five years of professional experience in Illinois.
She focuses on practical, everyday concerns like relationship strain, low self-esteem, and coping with life changes. She also helps with communication problems, forgiveness, and questions about life purpose. Sessions look at what is happening now and what you want to change.
How Denise works
Denise uses straightforward techniques to help people build skills and shift patterns that aren’t working. She adapts conversations and plans to fit each person’s needs rather than following a fixed script. Expect clear goals, simple practices to try between sessions, and paced steps toward improvement.
Her approach combines methods that teach new ways of thinking, present-moment focus, and skills for managing intense emotions. Denise emphasizes small, doable steps so changes feel achievable. She aims to empower people to make choices that match their values and daily life.
Clients who value a respectful, practical style may find her helpful. Denise supports people as they take the first steps toward a more balanced life and lasting change.
Denise lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
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
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
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Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
How ACT, CBT, and DBT translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. It focuses on present-moment awareness and choosing actions that match long-term goals, which can ease feelings of drift or lack of purpose.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical exercises to challenge unhelpful thinking and build new routines that reduce anxiety and low mood. These tools are easy to practice between sessions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers concrete skills for managing strong emotions and improving communication. It includes techniques for regulating intense feelings and handling conflicts in calmer ways.
Denise treats picking the right approach as a collaborative process. She will work with clients to decide which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences, and adjust the plan as therapy progresses.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction; phone sessions can be helpful when bandwidth is limited; live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These formats make it easier to schedule therapy around work, school, and family demands, and to keep consistent momentum between appointments.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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