Denise Mercurio-Wasserman
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW
I am a California-licensed clinical social worker with over 20 years of specialized experience in providing therapy to mentally ill and chemically dependent clients.
After completing my Master’s Degree at University of Southern California, I supervised social work students and served as an Adjunct Professor at a local state university. I have worked in both, inpatient and outpatient settings, and have experience providing therapy for a court-ordered program.
I work with adolescents, adults, and the elderly in providing individual, couple, family, and group therapy. I have extensive experience treating clients suffering from chronic and severe mental illness, chemical dependency, trauma, depression, anxiety, domestic violence, as well as grief/loss issues.
I practice therapy utilizing a Cognitive-Behavioral focus, which explores faulty thinking and behavioral patterns as well as Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, which employs mindfulness techniques to assist my clients in becoming more centered and decreases their depression and anxiety. I enhance the effectiveness of my approach by integrating additional therapeutic techniques to help my clients resolve their difficulties, as needed.
I view therapy as a collaborative process in which I work together with my clients to better understand their behaviors to help them improve their quality of life. I am committed to helping my clients live more fulfilling and more meaningful lives through empowerment, knowledge, and insight. As a result of my compassionate-nature and my dedication to helping clients, I have assisted many clients in achieving success by helping them overcome their interpersonal challenges.
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Skills and Expertise
Abandonment
Addiction
Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
Adoption / Foster Care Issues
Adult
Aggression and Violence
Aging and Geriatric Issues
Alcohol Abuse
Anxiety
Attachment Issues
Attention Deficit (ADHD)
Batterer Intervention
Behavioral Issues
Behavioral Issuess
Bipolar Disorder
Blended Family Issues
Borderline Personality
Breakups
Bullying
Caregiver Issues or Stress
Child or Adolescent
Chronic Illness or Disability
Codependency
Commitment Issues
Communication Problems
Compulsive Spending and Shopping
Control Issues
Coping Mechanisms
Couple Counseling
Couples therapy
Creative Blocks
Cyclothymia
Depression
Divorce
Divorce and Divorce Adjustment
Domestic Abuse
Domestic Violence
Drug Abuse
Dual Diagnosis
Eating Disorders
Elderly Persons Disorders
Emotional Disturbance
Emotional Abuse
Emotional Intelligence
Family Conflict
Fatherless
Fear
Family of Origin Issues
Forgiveness
Gay Issues
Guilt
Helplessness and Victimhood
Identity Issues
Impulse Control Disorders
Inadequacy
Infidelity and Affair Recovery
Internet Addiction
Irritability
Isolation
Jealousy
LGBTQ
Life Coaching
Life Purpose
Loss
Marital Therapy
Marriage Couseling
Mens Issues and Problems
Midlife Crisis
Mindfulness based therapy
Mood Disorders
Navigating Identity in Relationships
Narcissistic Personality
Obsessions and Compulsions
Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
Oppositional Defiance
pain
Panic
Paranoia
Parenting
Peer Relationships
Personality Disorders
Perfectionism
Phobias
Physical Abuse
Premarital Counseling
Relationship Issues
Self Esteem
severe mental illness
Self-Harming
Sexual assault
Single Parenting Issues
Skills Groups
Sleep or Insomnia
Stress
Substance Abuse
Suicidal Ideation
teen
Teens
Teen Violence
Transgender Issues
Thinking Disorders
Trauma
Trauma and PTSD
Veteran Issues
Women's issue
Treatment Orientation
Child Parent Psychotherapy
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Cognitive Processing Therapy
Couple and Family Systems Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
DBT Informed Therapy
dbt
Family Systems Therapy
Family/Marital Therapy
holistic health
Health/Wellness-based
Interpersonal
Intervention
Marital Couple/ Family Communication Therapy
Mindfulness
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
Motivational Interviewing
psychotherapy
Solution Focused Brief Therapy
Solution Focused Therapy
Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
Therapeutic/Mindful Movement
Therapy unique to each client
Trauma Focused Therapy
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Modality
Couples
Children
Family
Individuals