Denise Flack, LPC | Therapist in Louisiana

Warm and direct
Practical tools
Focus on insight

About Denise

Denise Flack is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Louisiana with nine years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people understand their feelings and thinking so they can make clearer choices in relationships and daily life. Her work emphasizes gaining practical tools and new perspectives to reduce patterns that keep people feeling stuck.

Her approach is warm and direct. Sessions move at a pace the person chooses while still addressing core issues. She helps people notice how thoughts shape feelings so they can try different responses in real situations.

Denise often works past what is already conscious to examine hidden patterns that influence behavior. When someone’s actions contradict their goals, she looks with them for the underlying blocks and helps bring those patterns into awareness. That process aims to allow change to begin from the inside out.

She regularly supports people dealing with anxiety, depression, grief, relationship struggles, and intimacy-related concerns. Codependency and attachment issues are among the focus areas she addresses when relevant to a person’s story.

Denise uses several therapeutic approaches and tailors sessions to each person’s needs. She encourages curiosity and an open mind as part of the work. People meet practical steps and insight in the same sessions to help them try different things between appointments.

Approaches that shape online work

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early connections influence current relationships and ways of relating. It helps people understand patterns of closeness, distance, and codependency so they can try new interaction habits. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s experience in the moment, offering an empathic, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings guide the work. This approach supports people who need to be heard and understood before trying change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and gives concrete strategies to test new ways of thinking and behaving for anxiety, depression, and stress.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Denise will work with each person to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which mix of methods to use and adjust the plan as progress is made so sessions fit individual needs.

Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, shorten check-ins when time is tight, or remove travel from the equation. Ask about current session options when you start so you can pick a setup that works with everyday life and responsibilities.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesGrief Self esteem Depression

Also works with

LGBTFamily conflictsTrauma and abuse Intimacy-related issuesEating disordersParenting issuesCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stress Codependency Commitment issues Communication problems Control issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separation Domestic violenceEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesForgiveness Guilt and shameHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelity Isolation / loneliness JealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

9+ years

Credentials

Louisiana

Languages

English, Portuguese

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she help with?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem, eating concerns, parenting stress, career changes, ADHD, and codependency among other issues.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her style is friendly and warm while also being assertive. Sessions mix practical tools with insight work to change patterns and try different behaviors between appointments.

What is her clinical background?

She has nine years of clinical experience working in counseling settings where she focused on emotional understanding and behavior change.

What credentials and region are listed?

She holds the LPC credential, listed as a Louisiana LPC, and practices in Louisiana.

Which languages are offered in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese.

Can international clients work with her?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How does cost and billing work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What are the steps to begin therapy?

Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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