Denise Carey, LCSW

Denise Carey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Pennsylvania with 24 years of experience providing behavioral health counseling to children, adolescents, and adults. Her LCSW credential indicates advanced clinical training and licensure to deliver psychotherapy and support across the lifespan. She has long worked with a wide range of concerns, including stress and anxiety, depression, relationship and family difficulties, parenting challenges, anger and self-esteem struggles, trauma and abuse, addiction, grief, bipolar disorder, and ADHD.

Denise has more than a decade of experience conducting crisis assessments for civilians and veterans who experience suicidality, and she brings that clinical background to both short-term and longer-term work. Her counseling style is warm, compassionate, and strengths-focused, emphasizing collaboration so that each person leads the work on goals that matter to them. She blends client-centered principles with cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness-informed techniques to tailor interventions to individual needs, and she incorporates trauma-informed practices when appropriate.

Clients work with Denise to develop practical strategies, build resilience, and navigate life transitions. She sees therapy as a partnership and aims to support people in moving toward healthier relationships, improved coping, and greater overall well-being. Denise values the opportunity to walk alongside clients through recovery and growth.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Denise Carey

Denise Carey commonly draws on client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and mindfulness therapy in her work. Client-centered therapy focuses on building a trusting, respectful relationship in which the person is seen as the expert on their own life and therapy supports personal growth and self-direction. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change patterns that contribute to anxiety, depression, and other concerns. Mindfulness therapy introduces simple awareness and grounding practices to reduce reactivity, manage stress, and support emotional regulation.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Denise collaborates with each person to explore what fits best based on needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts techniques as progress unfolds. This collaborative stance helps create a treatment plan that feels relevant and achievable.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, access care from home, and maintain continuity of treatment when schedules or circumstances change. Licensed professionals can deliver effective support through these formats, and Denise uses them to make therapy accessible and practical for clients.