Denise O Connor, LPCC

Denise O Connor is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) based in Kentucky with seven years of experience. She takes a person-centered approach and helps people set clear goals to measure progress. Her style is practical and focused on steps people can use between sessions.

She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice what matters to them and take action, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques to address sleep problems. Denise also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills to help people manage strong emotions. She adapts methods to fit each person's situation rather than following one single roadmap.

Her background includes work at a community mental health center and the Veterans Health Administration. That experience shaped her approach to stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, and sleep concerns. She also supports people dealing with grief, anger, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue.

Additionally, she addresses related issues such as ADHD, adoption and foster care concerns, aging and geriatric issues, attachment and personality-related struggles, relationship communication problems, dissociation, and substance use. Denise favors shorter, goal-focused plans and often limits the number of sessions when appropriate.

Sessions and scheduling are arranged through the platform process; she offers evening appointments and full weekend availability. Messages are typically answered within 12 hours or sooner.

Approaches that guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and routines; CBT is commonly used for depression and insomnia by teaching practical strategies and sleep-focused habits. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and building better emotion regulation over time.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That conversation can include trying different techniques and tracking what helps most over a few sessions.

Confirm which session formats are offered before booking, since the biography does not list specific online or in-person options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy week, shorten travel time, and allow evening or weekend appointments. They also let people use skills in everyday settings and keep momentum between visits. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, or DBT tools to work well in remote sessions, and scheduling can be arranged to match a person's routine.