Denise Kidd, LPC

Denise Kidd is a Licensed Professional Counselor with more than two decades of clinical experience based in Colorado. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, depression, and major life transitions. Denise offers a calm, approachable presence that aims to make talking about hard things feel manageable.

Her work history includes community health centers, substance use treatment programs, employee assistance services, and hospital mental health departments. That range gives her a familiarity with both short-term and longer-term concerns. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas when helping people change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.

Denise uses several approaches to tailor care to each person’s needs. She also incorporates acceptance and commitment ideas, dialectical behavior strategies, EMDR for trauma, and motivational techniques when readiness for change matters. Sessions emphasize clear steps and skills people can try between visits.

Her style is warm and interactive. She listens for strengths and practical solutions, and she works collaboratively on goals. Denise pays attention to multicultural and family-of-origin factors that shape current struggles.

People come to her seeking symptom relief, better coping skills, or clearer direction in a life transition. She aims to support growth while keeping plans realistic and achievable. The focus is on what helps most in daily life and on using small changes to build momentum.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Denise commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change thoughts and behaviors that increase worry or interfere with daily life. CBT focuses on practical exercises and clear skill-building that people can use between sessions.

She also draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps clients clarify their values and take action even when difficult feelings are present. Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques appear in work on emotion regulation and communication skills when strong feelings get in the way of goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Denise works together with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That collaborative planning can include mixing techniques so sessions feel relevant and useful.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video is useful for a more traditional face-to-face feel, phone works well when bandwidth is low or a quick check-in is needed, chat suits shorter exchanges, and messaging supports ongoing contact between visits. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and different day-to-day demands.