Denise VonSchmidt, LMHC
Therapist in Florida
Denise VonSchmidt is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida with 20 years of experience.
- License MH17126 · Florida Expires March 2027
- NPI 1184096778 · national registry
- Experience and languages 20+ years in practice English
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About Denise
Denise VonSchmidt is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida with 20 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family challenges, trauma and abuse, grief, and issues like sleep, eating, parenting, and intimacy. Her approach also supports those coping with career shifts, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and compassion fatigue.
She uses a warm, person-centered style. Sessions focus on listening without judgment and treating people with respect and dignity.
Background and approach
Denise combines practical tools from cognitive behavior therapy with mindfulness and solution-focused techniques to help clients make changes they actually want. Therapy sessions are collaborative. She often helps people notice patterns, try small experiments, and build new coping habits.
Denise describes herself as compassionate and gentle, and she can be firm when clarity or boundaries are needed. Her goal is to help clients find the answers inside themselves and move toward the life they want. Denise also draws on relationship work including the Gottman Method and emotionally-focused ideas to address communication, commitment concerns, and intimacy issues.
That work focuses on improving interactions and rebuilding connection step by step. Over two decades in practice have included helping people with complex histories such as adoption and foster care, attachment issues, caregiver stress, and adjustment after loss or major life events. She accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English.
Credentials
- LMHC (Florida)
- License MH17126 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1184096778 · 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
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Denise names
- Gottman Method
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
These are the approaches Denise names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
Online support
How Denise’s Approaches Work Online
Denise uses the Gottman Method to help people improve communication, manage conflict, and rebuild connection in relationships through specific interaction exercises and skill-building. Client-Centered Therapy is central to her work and focuses on listening, empathy, and helping people find their own solutions rather than being told what to do. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) provides practical tools for changing thinking patterns and behaviors that contribute to anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating problems.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Denise will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adapt techniques over time. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to real-life needs and day-to-day demands.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and guided exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for short check-ins. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick reflections, homework check-ins, and ongoing support between appointments. These options make therapy more flexible for work schedules, caregiving duties, travel, and people living outside Florida.
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Frequently asked
What concerns does Denise address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family challenges, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy concerns, sleep and eating issues, parenting stress, anger, self-esteem, career changes, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm, sensitive, and person-centered. Sessions focus on listening, respect, and practical steps clients can use between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 20 years of experience working as a counselor and psychotherapist with a wide range of concerns and life stages.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, FL LMHC, and practices from Florida.
Which languages and client regions are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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