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Denise Mason

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Denise Mason, LPC

Missouri

LPC in Missouri - Anxiety and Relationships

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Where Denise stands

Credentials
LPC
License
LPC, Missouri / 2019029718
NPI
1770321721
Experience
10 years
Languages
English
Location
Missouri

About

  • Client-centered approach
  • CBT and DBT skills
  • Mindfulness practices

About Denise

Denise Mason is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri with 10 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and major life changes. Denise is LGBTQ+ affirming and lists codependency among the issues she helps people address.

Denise favors a person-centered way of working. Sessions focus on what the client brings and on practical steps they can try between meetings. She often blends approaches such as cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy to help manage emotions and sharpen problem-solving.

People who come to her for relationship concerns typically talk about communication, boundaries, and patterns that leave them feeling drained or overly responsible for others. Denise helps people notice those patterns, experiment with small changes, and practice new ways of asking for their needs. She also supports clients coping with grief, trauma, chronic health issues, and career pressures.

Her style is straightforward and goal-oriented. Clients may work on short-term plans or explore deeper themes over time. Sessions cover concrete tools - thinking habits, grounding practices, and steps for clearer communication - as well as reflections about values and life direction.

Denise works in Missouri and conducts sessions in English. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the platform.

How sessions work

How Denise blends approaches for online sessions

Denise commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. Client-Centered Therapy means the therapist follows the persons concerns and priorities, listening carefully and helping them clarify what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on thoughts and behaviors, offering practical steps to change patterns that increase stress or low mood.

She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills when emotions feel overwhelming. DBT skills teach emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication, which can help when relationships or codependent patterns create repeated conflict or exhaustion.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapy process. Denise works with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That means together they may try short-term skills work, slower exploration of life themes, or a combination depending on what helps most.

The therapist's biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available online formats before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so sessions are more practical for people juggling work, caregiving, or medical appointments.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesCareer difficultiesDepressionCoping with life changes

Also works with

LGBTFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefParenting issuesAnger managementBipolar disorder

Additional focus areas

Aging and geriatric issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersPost-traumatic stressSelf-loveSexualityWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

10+ years

Listed in

Missouri

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, grief, trauma, and life changes. Codependency and related communication or boundary struggles are listed among her focus areas.

How would she describe her therapeutic style?

Her work is person-centered and practical. She uses tools from CBT, DBT, and mindfulness alongside conversation to help people change habits and cope with strong emotions.

How much experience does she have?

Denise has 10 years of experience as a clinical counselor. That background includes work with trauma, chronic health concerns, and relationship patterns.

What credentials and region are listed?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Missouri. Her practice is based in Missouri.

Are sessions available in other languages or for international clients?

Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.

What formats are used for sessions?

The original biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.

How does cost and billing work?

Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing is provided during the sign-up process.

How do I get started with her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to begin.

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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.

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