About Denise
Denise Mulcare offers a calm, straightforward approach for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression or grief. She writes simply and listens closely to understand what matters most to each person. Denise aims to make sessions practical so people can manage day-to-day pressures more easily.
She has 12 years of experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Denise draws on a mix of methods to suit different needs rather than using a single fixed model.
How Denise works
Sessions are tailored so practical steps come from the client’s own values and goals. In sessions she blends cognitive behavioural ideas with acceptance and mindfulness tools to help people notice unhelpful thought patterns and build small, manageable changes. Attachment-based ideas are used to look at how early relationships affect current difficulties such as trust, communication or feeling stuck.
Denise also supports people facing parenting challenges, relationship strain, anger or issues around self-esteem and body image. She works with trauma, abuse, bereavement, abandonment and the stresses that come with caregiving and life transitions. Her style is conversational and down-to-earth.
She helps people set achievable goals and practises techniques together in session so clients can try them between meetings. Denise accepts international clients and conducts work in English.
Denise lists 7 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
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Denise’s approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, ACT, encourages people to notice painful thoughts without fighting them and to focus on actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, depression and coping with life changes by making small, meaningful shifts in behaviour. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try concrete techniques to change reactions and mood. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and stress by teaching practical skills to use between sessions. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current feelings and expectations, helping people understand patterns in close connections and communication.Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what has or has not helped in the past. Together they will try methods and adjust the plan so it fits the person's needs and pace.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let conversations feel similar to in-person work, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter check-ins, ongoing reflection and people who prefer not to use a camera. These options make it easier to access therapy from different time zones and life routines while working with registered or accredited professionals.
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