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Online therapist

Denise VonSchmidt

Practical, compassionate help for parents

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Credentials
LMHC
Experience
20 years
Licensed in
Florida
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Denise

Denise VonSchmidt is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Florida with 20 years of experience. She focuses on family and parenting concerns as well as anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and everyday stresses. She offers calm, respectful care and aims to help parents and individuals find practical ways forward.

Her style is warm and person-centered. She listens first, then helps people name the problem and try small, doable changes. Sessions are a mixture of talk, skill practice, and gentle challenge when needed.

Background and approach

Denise draws on cognitive behavioral strategies to change unhelpful thinking and habits. She uses mindfulness to bring attention to the present moment and reduce reactivity. Emotionally-Focused techniques help people understand strong feelings and improve their close relationships.

Parents often come for help with sleep, eating, behavior, and communication challenges. She also supports people coping with career shifts, caregiving stress, adoption and foster care concerns, attachment issues, and body image struggles. Denise works with issues across the lifespan, including aging and geriatric concerns.

Her approach treats the person, not just the problem. She believes most people have answers inside them and need a guide to find those solutions. Denise aims to make therapy practical, clear, and relevant to daily family life.

She speaks English and accepts international clients for online work. Her Florida license is FL LMHC MH17126, and she blends empathy with practical tools to help clients move toward their goals.

How Denise’s Methods Work Online

Denise commonly blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral therapy and emotionally-focused work. Client-centered therapy means she follows the client’s lead, listens closely, and treats people with respect while helping them set goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through practical exercises and homework. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and understand strong emotions and improve close relationships.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they test what helps most and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy offers several practical benefits for busy families and individuals. Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. This flexibility makes it easier to maintain continuity of care across time zones and life changes, while allowing therapists to coach skills, teach strategies, and check in between longer appointments.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)

Attends to the emotions underneath a recurring argument or distance, and to the attachment needs driving them. Often used where a relationship keeps returning to the same painful loop.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Denise address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, anger, self-esteem, ADHD, bipolar, and many related concerns.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is warm, person-centered, and practical. She listens first, offers skills, and challenges gently when it helps.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Denise has 20 years of experience working as a counselor and psychotherapist with clients across many life stages.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is licensed in Florida as an LMHC with license number FL LMHC MH17126 and practices from Florida for online work.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and she also accepts international clients for remote sessions.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on client preference.
How are costs structured?
Session cost varies with location and therapist availability and is provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.

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Experience
20 years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
English

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