About Denise
Denise Buckingham is a licensed independent clinical social worker with eight years of experience in mental health. She works with adults and adolescents on common struggles like anxiety, depression, stress, addiction, and grief. Denise values clear, direct conversations and aims to build a supportive relationship right away.
She blends psychodynamic talk therapy with cognitive behavioral techniques. That means she talks through emotions and past experiences while also looking at how thoughts and behaviors influence feelings.
Background and approach
She shifts the balance of those approaches to match each person's needs and preferences. Denise has worked with many concerns connected to daily life. These include sleep troubles, self-esteem, career questions, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy issues, and managing ADHD symptoms.
She also supports people facing chronic health problems, caregiver stress, and body image concerns. Her style is practical and collaborative. She encourages clients to set clear goals and to try small, manageable steps between sessions.
She is comfortable using message-based formats and live chat in addition to conversations by phone or video. Based in Massachusetts, Denise focuses on creating a respectful, nonjudgmental space where people can talk honestly. If someone wants to explore whether her approach is a match, she invites them to start with a short introductory message and see how it feels.
How Denise’s approaches translate to online work
Denise uses psychodynamic talk therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to guide online sessions. Psychodynamic work focuses on talking through emotions and past experiences to better understand current patterns. It can help when longstanding worries or relationship patterns keep repeating. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns, which is useful for anxiety, sleep problems, and mood challenges.Choosing a therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. Denise will discuss goals and preferences with each person and together decide whether more talk-based exploration or skills-focused work fits best. She adapts her methods as therapy unfolds so the plan stays practical and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and messaging work well for brief check-ins, written reflection, or for people who prefer typing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life and to keep continuity when in-person visits are difficult.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
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