Venise Darisme is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor based in Virginia.
01About Venise
Venise Darisme is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor based in Virginia. She brings 15 years of experience helping people handle stress, anxiety, grief, eating concerns, and life transitions. She uses clear, straightforward methods so conversations feel manageable and focused.
Venise focuses on what a person is facing now and works on practical steps to move forward. She incorporates client-centered care with tools from cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness to address mood, sleep, and self-esteem issues.
Background and approach
She also offers approaches that can help with trauma-related symptoms and eating concerns. Her background includes training and work across mental health settings, with experience in counseling, trauma-informed methods, and eating-related treatment. That mix informs a flexible approach that adapts to each person’s needs.
She draws on years of practice to guide problem-solving and coping skills. Sessions typically involve listening to the immediate problem, setting small goals, and trying strategies between meetings. Venise helps people break down worries into steps they can act on.
She also supports people dealing with caregiving, chronic illness, immigration stress, and cultural concerns. People meet with Venise by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. She provides straightforward explanations of techniques and helps clients find what works for them.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step connect prospective clients with a time that fits. Venise holds the credentials LCMHC, which stands for Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, and LPC, Licensed Professional Counselor. She practices in Virginia and conducts sessions in English.
02Credentials
- LPC (Virginia)
- License 0701008057 · expires June 2026
- LCMHC (Utah)
- License 12815364-6004 · expires September 2026
- NPI
- 1528530946 · national provider identifier
Both are public records. A state board register will confirm a license and its standing, and the national registry will confirm an NPI. This directory copies what the counselor lists and checks neither.
03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Venise lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Intellectual disability
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Venise names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Venise 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
How Venise’s approaches work online
Client-centered therapy starts by focusing on the person’s goals and priorities. The therapist listens closely, reflects what is said, and helps people decide what matters most in therapy and in daily life. This approach is useful for anxiety, depression, self-esteem, and parenting strain.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Sessions involve identifying unhelpful patterns and practicing small behavior changes or thought exercises between meetings. CBT is often used for anxiety, mood concerns, sleeping problems, and panic symptoms.
EMDR is an approach some people use when past events cause distressing memories or strong reactions. It involves guided processing of upsetting memories alongside focused attention methods to reduce emotional intensity.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That plan can change as progress is made or new priorities appear.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect. Video calls are useful for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a lunch break or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins, written reflections, and ongoing brief support between sessions. These options make it easier to continue care around work, family, or caregiving responsibilities.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Venise help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, eating and body-image issues, addictions, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, anger, parenting strain, and related concerns listed in her profile.
What is her general therapeutic style?
She uses a client-centered approach and combines practical techniques from cognitive behavioral methods, mindfulness, and other approaches to help people set goals and try new coping strategies.
How much experience does she have?
She has 15 years of experience working in mental health settings and counseling roles that include trauma-informed care and eating-related work.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LCMHC (Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor) and LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) credentials and practices in Virginia.
In which language are sessions held?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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