Denise Mason, LICSW, LCSW

Licensed in North Carolina · 20 years in practice

Denise Mason is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with two decades of experience.

License and registration

LCSW, North Carolina: C007478 · expires October 2027
LCSW, Florida: sw10498 · expires March 2027
LISW-CP, South Carolina: 10266 · expires December 2026
LICSW, Vermont: 089.0134874 · expires January 2028
LCSW, New Jersey: 44SC06346700 · expires August 2026
NPI: 1275783078 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 20
Languages: English

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About Denise

Denise Mason is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with two decades of experience. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, and big life changes. Denise brings a straightforward, warm style to sessions and aims to help clients set clear, realistic goals.

She uses practical, evidence-informed approaches that focus on what you want to change. Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented, with attention to coping skills and everyday problem solving.

Background and approach

Denise draws on client-centered work to keep the conversation focused on each person’s priorities. Her background includes a graduate degree in social work and many years practicing in community and clinical settings. That experience has included work with trauma-related concerns and mood disorders, along with relationship and parenting stresses.

She prioritizes steady support from the first session through progress toward goals. Denise tends to be direct and honest while also encouraging. She believes humor can help at times and that small steps add up.

She helps clients build skills, notice patterns, and try new ways of coping that fit their life. People who want a practical, respectful partnership often find her approach helpful. Denise combines goal-setting, skill practice, and mindful awareness to address symptoms and daily challenges.

Her aim is to help clients move toward a life that feels more manageable and meaningful.

Focus areas and approaches

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

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Trauma and abuse
Depression
LGBT
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Grief
Parenting issues
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes

Approaches Denise names

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Online support

Approaches that guide online sessions

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following each person's priorities, creating space for them to guide the work and name goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, blends skill training for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness when strong emotions make daily life hard.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with the client to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. That collaborative plan can change over time as progress is made and new priorities emerge.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and longer conversations, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging lets clients share thoughts between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep continuity when schedules or locations change.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does she help address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, parenting and relationship challenges among other life changes.

What is her therapy style like?

Sessions are client-centered and collaborative, with a direct but encouraging tone and a focus on practical steps and skill building.

How much experience does she have?

She has about 20 years of experience in social work and clinical practice, working in a range of community and clinical settings.

What credentials and region are listed?

She holds LICSW and LCSW credentials with practice noted in North Carolina.

Which languages and international support are available?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are offered?

She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as session formats.

How is cost handled?

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

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