Denise Humphrey, Ph.D.

Denise Humphrey, Ph.D.

Verified Credentials

  • Profession(s):

    Psychology, Marriage & Family Therapy, Coaching

  • License Status:

    I'm a licensed professional.

  • Primary License:

    Clinical Psychology

 
My Approach to Helping
My therapeutic approach to helping individuals and couples is based on my sincere passion to improve well-being, whether it involves self-exploration, understanding, self-acceptance, or gaining knowledge about how problems began and grew and how they can be resolved. When we as individuals or couples are suffering or struggling, our life functioning is usually impaired in at least one area. Working with the proper professional will be effective. When couples and individuals enter a therapeutic relationship in a confidential comfort zone, thoughts, concerns, and feelings are easily disclosed, and psychotherapy becomes active and alive.

 

More Info About My Practice
I have obtained Advanced Level Training from the Gottman Institute, which specializes in couples counseling, including married couples, gay and lesbian couples, and single couples. I also have a unique specialty in working with mixed-orientation marriages, where one spouse is straight and the other is gay or lesbian. In this situation, both partners are usually experiencing significant distress, and both usually need assistance in resolving their dilemma. Once the gay spouse decides to disclose, issues of trust, shame, children, depression and emotional pain typically emerge. My goal is to help each spouse understand the perspective of the other and help them determine whether they want to remain in the marriage or depart. I work Monday through Friday AND ON SATURDAY!

 

What I Love about Being a Psychotherapist

I love creating harmony between myself and all clients. Harmony creates balance and serenity. When there is harmony, there is peace. When there is peace, there is safety, and when there is safety the mind becomes more open, awakened, and enlightened. I agree with Dr. Dan Siegel that the mindful therapist engages clients to pursue healthy and nurturing relationships, both with themselves and with others. This is not just a career for me...it's my passion!

 

My Role as a Therapist

My role as a therapist is to establish a therapeutic alliance for safe and open communication. I am here to listen with compassion and empathy in a very non-judgmental approach to every single person who walks through my door. The more I know about their feelings, thoughts, and behaviors that are troubling them, the more I know how to lead the journey toward resolution.

Services I Provide
  • Individual Therapy & Counseling
  • Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
  • Group Therapy
  • Coaching
  • Consultation
  • Clinical Supervision
  • Online Counseling / Phone Therapy
Ages I Work With
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Elders
Languages I Speak
  • English
Groups I Work With
Couples Therapy, LGBT, Mixed-Orientation Marriages, Adoption, Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), Performance Anxiety, Abandonment Recovery Groups
Therapy Approaches I Use
  • Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy
  • Body-Mind Psychotherapy
  • Client-Directed Outcome-Informed Therapy
  • Collaborative Therapy / Collaborative Language Systems
  • Creative Art Therapy
  • Depth Therapy
  • Emotion Focused Couples Therapy
  • Emotional Transformation Therapy
  • Gottman Method
  • Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy
  • Interpersonal Psychotherapy
  • Object Relations
  • Positive Psychotherapy
  • Psychodynamic
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Locations and Maps

Office 1:
6330 LBJ Suite 234 North Dallas
Dallas, TX 75240 United States
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Office 2:
14330 Midway Suite 121
Dallas, TX 75244 United States
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Concerns and Issues I Help With
  • Abandonment
  • Abuse / Abuse Survivor Issues
  • Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
  • Adoption / Reunion Issues
  • Aggression & Violence
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Issues
  • Cancer
  • Career Choice
  • Codependency / Dependency
  • Communication Problems
  • Creative Blocks
  • Depression
  • Divorce / Divorce Adjustment
  • Eating & Food Issues
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Emotional Overwhelm
  • Emptiness
  • Family of Origin Issues
  • Grief, Loss, & Bereavement
  • Health / Illness / Medical Issues
  • HIV / AIDS
  • Identity Issues
  • Inadequacy
  • Infidelity / Affair Recovery
  • Isolation
  • LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) Issues
  • Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance
  • Men's Issues
  • Midlife Crisis / Midlife Transition
  • Mood Swings / Mood Disturbance
  • Pre-Marital Counseling
  • Pregnancy & Birthing
  • Relationships & Marriage
  • Self-Care
  • Self-Confidence
  • Self-Criticism
  • Self-Doubt
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Love
  • Sensitivity to Criticism
  • Sexuality / Sex Therapy
  • Shame
  • Spirituality
  • Stress
  • Women's Issues
  • Workplace Issues
  • Worry
  • Worthlessness
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