Dr. Denise Tran -Miles, LPC
Colorado · 20 years in practice
Dr. Denise Tran -Miles centers her work on approaches that help people process difficult experiences and make values-based changes.
License and registration
- LPC, Colorado
- 6418 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1225152523 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Denise
Dr. Denise Tran -Miles centers her work on approaches that help people process difficult experiences and make values-based changes. She combines practical talking therapy with trauma-focused tools, and she aims to guide people toward clearer goals and healthier habits.
She uses strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try new behaviors. She also draws on acceptance and commitment therapy to support people in clarifying what matters to them and taking small steps toward those values.
Background and approach
EMDR is part of her clinical toolkit for addressing trauma and distressing memories. Dr. Tran -Miles brings two decades of experience in the mental health field across a range of care settings.
She earned a Doctor of Psychology degree and also holds a Master of Arts in Community Counseling. Her clinical credential is LPC, licensed in Colorado. In sessions she aims to be warm, direct, and nonjudgmental.
People can expect a blend of practical skills, reflective conversation, and targeted techniques chosen for their situation. The work often includes goal-setting, skill practice, and attention to how values shape decisions. Her background includes work with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy challenges, parenting concerns, career changes, ADHD, and caregiver strain.
She also addresses issues such as body image, attachment concerns, blended family dynamics, chronic illness, and codependency. Dr. Tran -Miles offers care in English from Colorado and provides sessions in several online formats to fit different schedules and needs.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Denise lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Denise names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- 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
Evidence-based approaches delivered online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice their thoughts without getting stuck in them and identify the values that matter most. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, grief, and life transition work by encouraging small committed actions toward chosen goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to change mood and functioning. It is a hands-on approach that often includes homework exercises and practical skill building for problems like anxiety, depression, and anger.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, try techniques that fit those goals, and adjust the plan based on what helps. That means approaches can be combined or shifted over time to match changing needs.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skill work, phone sessions can be a simpler check-in or fit into a work break, and messaging or live chat can support brief updates or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives without sacrificing consistency.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and career concerns, ADHD, caregiver strain, and related challenges.
What is her general therapeutic style?
She blends practical skills training with reflective conversation and trauma-focused techniques. Sessions focus on goals, behavior change, and values-driven choices.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 20 years working in the mental health field across different levels of care and settings.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds an LPC credential and practices from Colorado.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English, and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered online?
Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and the therapist's availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
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