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01About Denise
Dr. Denise Petrelli-Holst is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 26 years in the helping professions. She brings a varied work history to counseling, including roles in industry, education, art therapy, mentoring, and business consulting.
That mix of experience shapes a down-to-earth approach to care. She works from Wisconsin and provides services in English. Her style is practical and flexible.
Sessions focus on finding methods that fit each person's life. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, anger, and mood concerns such as bipolar disorder.
Background and approach
She also supports those dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Dr. Petrelli-Holst assists people facing life transitions, career decisions, and relationship or communication challenges.
She offers guidance around body image, eating and food-related issues, and self-esteem. Additional areas of focus include chronic illness and pain, aging and geriatric issues, cancer-related concerns, and financial or purpose-driven stress. Her clinical toolkit draws on approaches such as acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, attachment-based work, and a client-centered stance.
Those tools are used to build coping skills, manage emotions, and clarify values and goals. Practical session formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. The subscription-based model can be canceled at any time.
To begin, users select Start Therapy, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
02Credentials
- LPC (Wisconsin)
- License 7028-125 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1881220408 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Denise lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Forgiveness
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Methods Denise names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
These are the methods 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.
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04Online support
Therapeutic approaches offered online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take actions that match those values. It uses simple exercises to reduce avoidance and build a meaningful life, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors. It teaches practical skills to manage mood, anxiety, and stress by breaking problems into small, solvable steps.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills in straightforward ways. Those techniques are useful when strong emotions, relationship conflict, or impulsive behavior are getting in the way of daily functioning.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean combining tools from different approaches and adjusting them as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals in formats that suit different lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and step-by-step coaching possible between longer sessions. These options aim to increase flexibility and make it easier to keep therapy consistent.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does this therapist address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, anger, trauma and abuse, grief, ADHD, and compassion fatigue, among other issues.
What is the general therapy style?
Sessions are practical and flexible, focusing on methods that fit each person's life and goals rather than one fixed protocol.
How much clinical experience is there?
The therapist has 26 years of experience across counseling, education, art therapy, mentoring, and business consulting roles.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LPC, listed as a Wisconsin Licensed Professional Counselor, and practices from Wisconsin.
Which languages and client regions are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different communication preferences.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with this therapist?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling sessions according to therapist availability.
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