Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Denise works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Missouri
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Denise
Denise Mason is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri with ten years of clinical experience. She uses a client-centered approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and major life changes. She creates a calm and respectful space where people can talk about what matters most to them.
Denise focuses on practical coping skills and clearer communication. She helps people untangle relationship tensions and work through grief or past trauma.
Background and approach
Her approach pays attention to each person's values and goals, so therapy fits the life they actually live. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and build new habits. Dialectical behavior ideas are used when managing strong emotions and improving day-to-day coping.
Mindfulness practices are woven in to help people notice and respond differently to stress. Denise also uses motivational interviewing to support change when someone feels stuck. That makes it easier to set realistic steps for career shifts, parenting challenges, or health concerns.
She is LGBTQ+ affirming and attentive to how identity shapes personal struggles. Over a decade she has worked with a broad range of concerns, including chronic illness, caregiving stress, codependency, and life purpose questions. Sessions aim to be straightforward and useful, helping people leave with clear strategies they can try between meetings.
What Denise works with
Everything Denise lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Denise's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Denise lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and flexible online care
Denise commonly combines client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral therapy to help people clarify what they want and change unhelpful thinking patterns. Client-centered work emphasizes listening and tailoring the plan to each person, while CBT focuses on practical steps to shift thoughts and behaviors for stress, anxiety, anger, and depression.She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy when intense emotions make daily life hard. DBT techniques teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improved communication so people can respond differently in heated moments or during ongoing stress.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Denise will work together with each person to choose methods that match their goals, pace, and preferences. That may mean trying a mix of strategies and adjusting them as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video offers face-to-face interaction, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people share updates between meetings. These options help fit therapy into workdays, caregiving schedules, or busy routines.
Questions people ask about Denise
What kinds of problems does Denise help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship and career concerns, grief, trauma, parenting issues, and life transitions.
What approach does she use in sessions?
Her work is client-centered and practical, using methods like cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to help people build coping skills.
How much experience does she have?
Denise has ten years of clinical experience practicing as a Licensed Professional Counselor.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
International clients are not currently accepted; sessions are offered in English for people located in the United States.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are delivered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.