- Licensed inWisconsin
- License7028-125
- NPI 1881220408
- Experience26+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Denise
Dr. Denise Petrelli-Holst is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 26 years in the helping profession. She brings a varied career background into counseling, including roles in industry, education, art therapy, mentoring, and business consulting.
Her wide experience shapes a practical, down-to-earth approach to care. She prefers to build therapy around what actually works for each person. Sessions focus on real-life problems like stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and issues with eating or self-esteem.
Background and approach
She also addresses career concerns, relationship and family challenges, and chronic illness or pain. The tone is collaborative and straightforward rather than overly clinical. Her work draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early and current relationships affect how someone connects now.
She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Client-Centered techniques to help people clarify values, accept difficult feelings, and take steps that match their goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior concepts are used when practical skills make a difference. Dr.
Petrelli-Holst has spent time in both for-profit and not-for-profit settings, which informs how she supports people facing workplace stress or life transitions. She encourages ownership of choices and small, manageable changes. The pace is set by the person seeking help.
Sessions are provided from Wisconsin and are conducted in English. The style is warm, flexible, and focused on finding methods that fit the individual's life and needs.
Credentials
- LPC (Wisconsin)
- License 7028-125 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1881220408 · national provider identifier
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Focus 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
Approaches Denise names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- 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
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Dr. Petrelli-Holst integrates Attachment-Based Therapy to help people recognize how early and current relationships shape their ways of connecting. That work often looks at patterns in trust, closeness, and how people respond when they feel needy or threatened.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on clarifying values and taking meaningful action even when emotions are difficult. Client-Centered Therapy underpins her approach with listening, empathy, and partnering with the person to guide decisions and next steps.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about their goals, past experiences, and what feels most useful, then try methods that fit those needs. Adjustments are made as progress and preferences become clear.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let the therapist and client work face-to-face when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, coaching-style conversations, or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and keep continuity during transitions.
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Frequently asked
What issues does she help people with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, eating concerns, anger, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related life struggles like career and relationship stress.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She combines practical skill-building with attention to relationships and personal values.
How much experience does she have?
She has 26 years in the helping profession across roles in industry, education, art therapy, mentoring, and business consulting.
Where does she practice and what is her credential?
She practices from Wisconsin and is a Licensed Professional Counselor, listed as LPC in Wisconsin.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can she work with people outside the United States?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for online therapy.
How are fees and scheduling handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; to start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.
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