About Denise
Denise Naggi is a licensed clinical social worker with 19 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and depression. She focuses on building confidence and motivation while offering steady, respectful support. Denise writes treatment plans to fit each person's needs and works alongside clients as they take steps toward change.
Her work covers a range of concerns that also include addictions, relationship struggles, and self-esteem challenges. She brings specific experience supporting first responder issues, infidelity recovery, and sexual assault and abuse survivors.
How Denise works
Denise also addresses life purpose, midlife transitions, and women's issues in practical, straightforward ways. Sessions are conversational and goal oriented. Denise centers on what the client wants to achieve and adapts the pace to match comfort and readiness.
She aims to help people build coping skills they can use between sessions and to notice small changes as progress. Denise treats grief and loss with careful attention to timing and personal meaning. For trauma and abuse she focuses on safety, stabilization, and gradual processing when people are ready.
With anxiety and stress she emphasizes skills for reducing daily overwhelm and improving sleep and focus. Clients in Missouri can expect a calm, nonjudgmental presence and clear guidance about next steps. Denise encourages people to take the first step and supports them through the practical parts of getting started.
What Denise works with
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Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 19 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Missouri |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online therapy options
Denise uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that emphasize practical skills and steady progress. One common approach focuses on building coping skills for anxiety and stress management; this involves learning short exercises for breathing, grounding, and shifting unhelpful thoughts to reduce everyday overwhelm. Another approach centers on trauma-informed care that starts with safety and stabilization, moving slowly into processing when the person feels ready and able to tolerate it.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Denise will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals, comfort level, and pace. Together they review which techniques feel useful and adjust the plan as needed to keep progress manageable and meaningful.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls let people keep a face-to-face rhythm when schedules allow. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit during a lunch break. Live chat and text messaging support quick check-ins, shorter updates, and ongoing skill practice between longer sessions.
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