Denyse Rehfeld , LMFT

Denyse Rehfeld is a California-based licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with seven years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, depression, and the emotional impact of trauma. Denyse works with young adults and with women who are navigating life changes or postpartum challenges.

Her sessions are collaborative and warm. She encourages clients to name their concerns and pick practical steps that fit their daily life. Conversations often cover coping skills, patterns that keep problems going, and ways to strengthen self-esteem.

Denyse uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a supportive space where people can be heard and understood. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients recognize unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. These approaches are used to address panic attacks, communication problems, and post-traumatic stress among other concerns.

She explains ideas plainly and breaks work into small, doable practices. Many clients focus on short-term goals like reducing panic episodes or improving mood after childbirth. Denyse helps people build routines and tools they can use between sessions.

People who choose Denyse often want a steady, practical therapist who listens and guides them through life transitions. Her California practice blends empathy with everyday strategies so clients can take steps toward feeling more capable and balanced.

How her approaches work in online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy puts the person and their experience at the center of sessions. In practice this means the therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps clients name their priorities. This approach is useful for building trust, sorting out feelings, and deciding what to work on first.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. She uses CBT to help clients identify unhelpful thinking, test different behaviors, and reduce symptoms like panic or low mood. CBT works well for anxiety, depression, and panic attacks by giving concrete skills to try between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Denyse will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. She combines listening with practical tools and adjusts the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions need less bandwidth, live chat can fit quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, childcare, or other obligations and to continue care when travel or relocation occurs.