About Denisha
Denisha Smith is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida who uses practical, talk-and-do therapy to help people move forward. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and other approaches to address mood, stress, and relationship concerns. Her style is down-to-earth and direct, aimed at making therapy feel doable for busy people.
Denisha brings 11 years of experience to sessions and focuses on common, everyday struggles like anxiety, depression, anger, and coping with life changes.
Background and approach
She also helps people dealing with trauma and abuse, parenting strain, and challenges around self-esteem and purpose. Her work includes attention to attachment issues, caregiver stress, and workplace problems. Her approach mixes practical skills with conversational reflection.
She uses CBT to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She integrates mindfulness and motivational interviewing to build small, steady habits and keep momentum between sessions. Denisha also uses EMDR when trauma memories are a core concern, and she draws on existential ideas to discuss meaning, values, and life direction.
Sessions move at each person’s pace; she emphasizes collaboration and clear goals. She avoids labels and focuses on what clients want to change. People can expect straightforward tools, short homework tasks, and a focus on real-world results.
Denisha encourages effort and honesty in the room and helps people translate insight into daily action. She aims to support clients as they try new ways of coping and build toward greater calm and clarity.
Approaches for online healing and practical change
Denisha commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and EMDR as part of her online work. CBT focuses on noticing thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and practicing small changes that lead to clearer mood and easier daily functioning. EMDR targets distressing memories and the ways they replay in the body and mind, helping reduce the intensity of traumatic reactions.Choosing the right method is part of the process rather than a one-time decision. She will collaborate with each person to decide which approach fits their needs, goals, and comfort level. That plan can change over time as progress is made or new issues arise.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into real life. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and teaching practical skills. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people keep momentum between longer sessions and check in during busy days. These options help people access consistent care from wherever they are in Florida or internationally.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English