Denise Sortino

Healing Begins with Feeling Safe I believe meaningful healing begins when we feel safe enough to be ourselves, without judgment, pressure, or expectations. My goal is to create a warm, compassionate, and supportive space where you feel genuinely heard, understood, and accepted.

Understanding Your Past, Reconnecting With Yourself, and Creating Meaningful Change

As a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW), I support adults navigating anxiety, complex PTSD, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), grief, relationship difficulties, anger, emotional regulation, and life transitions. I recognize that the challenges we experience today are often connected to earlier relationships, attachment experiences, and patterns we developed to protect ourselves. My approach involves gently exploring how these experiences may influence the beliefs we hold about ourselves, our emotional responses, and the behaviors we carry into our present lives. Together, we can begin to uncover the roots of patterns that may no longer serve you, approaching them with curiosity rather than judgment. I integrate traditional psychotherapy with mindfulness, somatic awareness, attachment-informed approaches, cognitive behavioral strategies, and emotional regulation skills. I believe that understanding how our nervous system responds to stress can help us develop greater self-compassion and a stronger sense of emotional safety. I also recognize that anger, anxiety, avoidance, and other difficult emotions often communicate something important about our needs, experiences, and boundaries. Rather than viewing these responses as problems to eliminate, we can explore what they may be trying to tell us. Therapy is a collaborative process, and I believe you are the expert on your own experiences. We will move at a pace that feels comfortable, balancing meaningful exploration with practical tools for everyday life. My hope is that our work helps you reconnect with yourself, strengthen your relationships, and move toward a life that feels more grounded, authentic, and fulfilling.