Denise O Connor, LPCC

Kentucky · 7 years in practice

Denise O Connor is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with seven years of clinical experience.

License and registration

LPCC, Kentucky: 175002 · expires December 2026
NPI: 1639319163 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 7
Languages: English

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About Denise

Denise O Connor is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with seven years of clinical experience. She offers a practical, person-centered approach that helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and sleep problems. Denise writes plainly and focuses on short-term, goal-oriented work to track progress.

She uses Existential ideas to help people find meaning and direction during hard life changes. Denise often combines that perspective with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to work on values and committed action.

Background and approach

For sleep problems she draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia to change habits and nighttime thinking. Her background includes work at a community mental health center and with the Veterans Health Administration. That experience shaped her ability to manage complex conditions like mood disorders, trauma, and co-occurring addictions.

Denise also supports people dealing with grief, anger, low self-esteem, and neurodevelopmental concerns such as ADHD. Sessions are structured and focused on measurable goals. She may use techniques from Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help people build emotion regulation and coping skills.

Denise prefers a collaborative pace and often plans a limited number of sessions to meet specific goals. She sees clients in Kentucky and offers evening and weekend live sessions. Messages to her are typically answered within 12 hours or sooner, and she guides people through a short intake process to match treatment to their needs.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Denise lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse
Sleeping disorders
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Addictions
LGBT
Grief
Anger management
Self esteem
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Antisocial personality
Attachment issues
Avoidant personality
Body image
Co-morbidity
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Dependent personality
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Drug and alcohol addiction
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
HIV / AIDS
Impulsivity
Intellectual disability
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Narcissism
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Paranoia
Personality disorders
Phobias
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Post-traumatic stress
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Somatization
Traumatic brain injury
Trichotillomania
Women's issues
Workplace issues

Approaches Denise names

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Online support

How these approaches translate to online care

Existential Therapy helps people examine meaning, choice, and purpose when life feels uncertain. Online sessions can use these conversations to clarify values and guide decisions about work, relationships, or personal direction.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and taking action toward what matters. In remote sessions this often includes guided exercises and homework to practice values-based steps between meetings.

Denise will work together with each person to find the best fit among these approaches and others she uses. That means discussing goals, trying techniques, and adjusting the plan based on what feels most helpful. The approach is collaborative rather than one-size-fits-all.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how people meet with a therapist. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen sharing for worksheets, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging supports quick check-ins or brief coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into evenings, weekends, or busy schedules while still using techniques from existential work, ACT, and CBT.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Denise commonly address?

She helps people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, sleep problems, bipolar mood issues, addictions, grief, anger, self-esteem, and ADHD among other concerns.

What is her general therapeutic style?

Denise uses a person-centered, collaborative style that focuses on goals and measurable progress. She tailors sessions to the person’s needs and often combines approaches when useful.

What kind of experience does she bring?

She has seven years of experience working in a community mental health center and at the Veterans Health Administration, which included care for trauma, mood disorders, and co-occurring substance concerns.

What credentials and location are listed?

She holds the LPCC credential and practices in Kentucky as a KY LPCC.

Which languages are supported and can international clients connect?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are offered?

Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How is cost handled for sessions?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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