About Denisha
Denisha Smith is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) in Florida who uses practical therapy to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She blends goal-focused techniques with a person-centered outlook. Her style is straightforward and supportive.
She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify patterns that keep problems going. She also uses mindfulness practices to build calm and present-moment skills. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is part of her toolkit for people who have experienced trauma or emotional abuse.
How Denisha works
Denisha brings 11 years of professional experience to her practice. That experience includes work with parenting concerns, caregiver stress, and attachment issues. She also helps with anger, self-esteem, bipolar mood concerns, and coping with life changes.
Sessions focus on clear steps and practical tools. Conversations cover communication problems, control issues, guilt and shame, and ways to reduce isolation and loneliness. She encourages self-love, explores life purpose, and supports multicultural concerns.
People can expect collaborative work that moves at their pace. Motivational Interviewing is used to help clarify goals and increase readiness for change. Denisha aims to normalize setbacks while pointing toward steady progress.
Denisha lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Denisha works with
The areas below are the ones Denisha selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Curated approaches for online healing
Denisha commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and EMDR alongside mindfulness practices in online work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical exercises to reduce anxiety, depression, and workplace stress. EMDR addresses traumatic memories by using structured processing to lessen their emotional intensity and related symptoms. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention skills to lower reactivity and improve mood.Choosing a therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. She will talk about goals, preferences, and day-to-day demands to decide which methods to try first. If one approach does not fit, adjustments can be made so the work stays useful and aligned with what the person wants to achieve.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video lets people read facial cues and practice skills together. Phone work can use less bandwidth and be easier on busy days. Live chat and text messaging allow for brief check-ins, follow-up notes, and steady support between meetings.
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