Denise Hamilton, LICSW, LMSW
Therapist in Michigan
Denise Hamilton is a licensed clinician with 15 years of experience helping people work through stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, grief, and life changes.
- Licensed inMassachusetts, Michigan
- LicenseLICSW114151, 6801118588
- NPI 1528341211
- Experience15+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Denise
Denise Hamilton is a licensed clinician with 15 years of experience helping people work through stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, grief, and life changes. She holds LICSW and LMSW credentials and practices from Michigan. Denise aims to make the first step feel manageable and respectful for anyone who reaches out.
Her style is straightforward and collaborative. She listens first, then matches ways of working to each person’s needs. Sessions focus on understanding how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect, and on small practical steps people can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Denise uses attachment-based ideas alongside approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She blends these to help people strengthen relationships with themselves and others, manage emotions, and change unhelpful patterns. Her approach is flexible and shaped by each person’s goals.
She also supports people facing specific life stresses like caregiving strain, chronic illness, adoption and foster care issues, or workplace and leadership challenges. Denise brings a down-to-earth manner and a collaborative, goal-oriented focus to these topics. Sessions are offered in English and available via video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
New clients start by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time. Denise aims to help people build practical skills, clearer priorities, and more reliable ways to cope as they move forward.
Credentials
- LICSW (Massachusetts)
- License LICSW114151 · expires September 2027
- LMSW (Michigan)
- License 6801118588 · expires June 2027
- NPI
- 1528341211 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Denise lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Denise names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How attachment work and practical therapies translate online
Denise often blends attachment-based ideas with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Client-Centered Therapy. Attachment-based work looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people notice how early connections shape current trust and communication. ACT focuses on values and flexible action, helping people accept difficult feelings while making choices that fit their goals. Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening and empathy, so people feel heard as they consider change.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Denise works together with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean focusing on emotional connection one week and practicing value-based actions the next. The plan can shift as progress and priorities change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful when nonverbal cues matter and a longer session is needed. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a person prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or continuing work between longer sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and help people keep therapy consistent around busy lives.
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Frequently asked
What concerns does Denise commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, grief, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem challenges, among other concerns listed in her specialties.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth, focusing on listening first and then using practical steps and exercises that fit each person’s communication style.
What is her professional background?
She has 15 years of clinical experience and draws on prior executive and nonprofit leadership experience to support workplace and leadership concerns.
What credentials and location are listed for Denise?
Denise holds LICSW and LMSW credentials and practices in Michigan.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she use?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does cost and billing work?
Session cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription model 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 according to her availability.
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