Therapist profile
Denise Morgan, LCSW
Mississippi
LCSW - Trauma and Relationship Concerns
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- Credentials
- LCSW
- License
- LCSW, Mississippi / C8005
- NPI
- 1114459450
- Experience
- 18 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Mississippi
About
- Trauma processing
- Codependency support
- Somatic techniques
About Denise
Denise Morgan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (MS LCSW) in Mississippi with 18 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship problems, parenting stress, codependency, and other life challenges. Denise talks with clients about what is happening now and what has shaped them over time.
She focuses on the effects of trauma, both large events and smaller harmful moments that linger. Denise describes how traumatic memories can get stuck and continue to affect daily life until they are processed. She uses practical methods to help people move through those stuck memories and reduce their impact.
Her style centers on learning about each person's history and strengths. As clients name their goals, she keeps the work focused and concrete. Sessions often include exercises from client-centered work, solution-focused strategies, somatic techniques, and tools from cognitive behavioral approaches.
EMDR is one of the tools she uses when trauma processing is needed, alongside somatic work that attends to body sensations. She also draws on parts work to help people understand conflicting thoughts and feelings and to bring those parts into conversation.
Denise says her Christian faith informs her outlook and she will include that perspective if a client requests it; otherwise she does not introduce it. She aims for mutual respect in sessions and for practical next steps that fit each person's life. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How sessions work
Approaches used and what online sessions can do
Client-centered work focuses on listening and building on a person's strengths to set clear goals and practical steps. This approach helps when someone feels stuck or unsure what to change.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions link together and offers tools to change unhelpful patterns. It is often useful for anxiety, depression, and behavior patterns that keep interfering with life.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused method used to process memories that remain emotionally charged. It aims to reduce the intensity of those memories and lessen their hold on daily reactions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, symptoms, and preferences and then try methods that fit those needs. That collaborative process helps decide whether more CBT skills, EMDR processing, somatic techniques, or solution-focused steps are most useful.
Confirm session options before booking because specific formats are not listed here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example shorter check-ins during a lunch break or avoiding travel time. They also allow therapists to use somatic exercises and grounding techniques in-session while the client is wherever they are able to meet.
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Experience
18+ years
Listed in
Mississippi
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She helps people dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and parenting problems, codependency, addiction, anger, ADHD, grief and related issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach focuses on learning a person's history and strengths, keeping goals clear, and using practical methods to process trauma and change unhelpful patterns.
How long has she worked in clinical practice?
She has 18 years of direct mental health therapy experience.
What credential and location apply to this therapist?
She is an MS LCSW practicing in Mississippi.
Which languages are supported and does she accept international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking as formats are not specified here.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.