Denise VonSchmidt
Compassionate clinician guiding practical change
LMHC Florida
- Experience
- 20 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Denise
Denise VonSchmidt is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with two decades of clinical experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and family challenges, and a wide range of life transitions.
Background and approach
She draws on evidence-based strategies including cognitive behavioral techniques alongside mindfulness and person-centered sensibilities to support change and build practical coping skills. Denise also works with concerns such as grief, parenting struggles, eating and sleeping issues, intimacy and self-esteem, career transitions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
Her therapeutic presence is described as warm, compassionate, and respectful while remaining appropriately direct when growth calls for it. Denise believes clients often hold the answers to their challenges and that therapy is a collaborative process to uncover those solutions, reduce distress, and develop sustainable habits.
With experience across adoption and foster care topics, attachment and blended-family dynamics, caregiver stress, body image, and more, she integrates mindfulness, solution-focused steps, and cognitive-behavioral tools to translate insight into action. Prospective clients in Florida and beyond can expect a supportive, nonjudgmental environment aimed at practical progress and improved day-to-day functioning.
Approaches That Translate Well to Online Work
Denise integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy into her online practice, using each approach to address different needs. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors through structured exercises, which can be especially useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating concerns, and developing coping skills. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, respect, and unconditional positive regard, creating a supportive space for exploring emotions, relationship and family dynamics, grief, and identity-related issues.Finding the right fit is part of the therapeutic process, and she approaches that decision collaboratively by listening to goals, preferences, and life circumstances. Together the therapist and client determine which combination of strategies - for example CBT skill work alongside person-centered reflection or mindfulness practices - best matches the client's priorities and pace.
Online formats such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging offer flexibility for people juggling work, caregiving, or geographically distant schedules. These options make it possible to maintain continuity of care, practice skills between sessions, and choose the communication style that feels most helpful while working toward measurable, practical improvements.
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Experience
20+ years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
English