- Warm practical guidance
- Person-centered care
- Skill-focused work
About Denise
Denise VonSchmidt is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Florida with 20 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, career questions, and changes across life stages. Her manner is warm and supportive, making it easier to bring up hard topics and start planning change.
Denise uses a person-centered stance that treats clients with respect and compassion. She combines cognitive-behavioral strategies, mindfulness practices, and solution-focused ideas to create practical steps clients can try between sessions. The work often focuses on spotting patterns, practicing new responses, and building skills for day-to-day life.
Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Denise balances gentle encouragement with clear guidance when needed, helping clients notice strengths and set achievable goals. She believes people usually know the direction they want to go and benefit from steady support to get there.
Her background includes two decades of counseling across a wide range of concerns, including eating and sleeping issues, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and grief. She also addresses attachment and family-related challenges, adoption and foster care topics, caregiver stress, and body image struggles.
Denise works in Florida and conducts sessions in English. She welcomes clients who are exploring personal growth, coping strategies, or transitions and who want a respectful, pragmatic approach to therapy.
Denise uses a person-centered stance that treats clients with respect and compassion. She combines cognitive-behavioral strategies, mindfulness practices, and solution-focused ideas to create practical steps clients can try between sessions. The work often focuses on spotting patterns, practicing new responses, and building skills for day-to-day life.
Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Denise balances gentle encouragement with clear guidance when needed, helping clients notice strengths and set achievable goals. She believes people usually know the direction they want to go and benefit from steady support to get there.
Her background includes two decades of counseling across a wide range of concerns, including eating and sleeping issues, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and grief. She also addresses attachment and family-related challenges, adoption and foster care topics, caregiver stress, and body image struggles.
Denise works in Florida and conducts sessions in English. She welcomes clients who are exploring personal growth, coping strategies, or transitions and who want a respectful, pragmatic approach to therapy.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
GriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTraumatic brain injuryTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Gottman MethodMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems
Experience
20+ years
Credentials
Florida
Languages
English
How her approaches translate to online work
Denise blends person-centered work with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) in ways that fit remote sessions. Person-centered work focuses on listening, validation, and building trust so clients feel understood. CBT looks at patterns of thought and behavior and uses practical exercises to shift unhelpful habits and reduce anxiety or depression. EFT concentrates on emotions in relationships and helps people name feelings, improve communication, and strengthen emotional connection.Choosing the right approach is part of the process and is done together. She will talk with clients about goals and preferences, then try methods that match those aims. If something isn’t working, she adjusts the plan so the sessions stay useful and relevant.
Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Clients often find it simpler to join sessions from a convenient location, shorten check-ins between longer appointments, or schedule sessions around work and caregiving. The biography does not specify which online formats are offered, so confirm the current session options before booking to make sure they fit your routine.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting struggles, eating and sleeping concerns, career questions, and life transitions.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm, sensitive, and supportive with a person-centered focus. She combines gentle encouragement with clear, practical guidance when needed.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years of experience working as a counselor and psychotherapist with a wide range of presenting issues.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) licensed in Florida and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not list specific session formats here, so please confirm current session options before booking.
How does her pricing work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.