Denise Hubbard
LMSW
Meet Denise Hubbard
LMSW
Denise Hubbard is a Licensed Master Social Worker with over five years of experience, who believes therapy works best when it is built around the person in the room rather than the other way around. She meets each client where they are and tailors the work to their own values, needs and goals — and she is direct about the fact that no two people arrive needing the same thing.
Her work rests on a conviction that people are more resilient than they know. She supports individuals and couples through trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, stress and seasons of transition, offering a space that is warm without being fragile — somewhere hard things can be said out loud and looked at honestly.
Denise is also a woman of faith, and for clients who welcome this perspective she is glad to bring Christian counseling into the work — prayer, Scripture, and a spiritual lens on what you are carrying.
Denise has a particular heart for healthcare professionals and first responders. These are people who spend their working lives absorbing other people’s worst days and are rarely given anywhere to put it down. She understands the specific weight of that work, and the reluctance that often comes with asking for help after years of being the one who helps.
Her approach draws on solution-focused work, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, behaviour modification, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and mindfulness practice. The thread running through all of it is building emotional awareness and self-acceptance — giving people tools they keep long after the work together ends.
She also does not work alone. Her dog London is present for every in-person session, and for many clients that changes the room entirely — something to rest a hand on while saying a hard thing out loud, and a reason to keep breathing steadily. People who find eye contact difficult often find London makes the first session possible.
“See a need, meet a need.”
Outside the Office
Denise is happiest somewhere new. She loves live music, unfamiliar restaurants, and the kind of spontaneous road trip that has no plan beyond leaving. When she travels she travels like a local, looking for the places only locals know — and as a committed foodie, Japan and South Korea are next on the list. At home she is learning to sew, which has turned thrifting into a hobby with a purpose: finding old things and making them into something new. London and her other dog, Winston, come along for as much of it as they can. Her faith shows up most visibly in community work, guided by a motto she genuinely lives by rather than merely quotes. And she takes her cold brew with homemade syrups, which she will happily tell you about. If you are looking for someone who will meet you honestly and walk with you at your pace, Denise would be glad to hear from you.
Specialties
- Trauma: processing, stabilising, and moving toward post-traumatic growth
- Anxiety & Depression: emotional regulation and relief that lasts
- Healthcare Workers & First Responders: burnout, cumulative stress, and the cost of caregiving
- Grief & Loss: support through mourning and what comes after
- Stress Management: practical tools for a nervous system under load
- Life Transitions: identity, direction and resilience through change
- Christian Counseling: offered when you want it, never assumed
- Couples & Relationships: connection, communication and repair
Therapeutic Approaches
Education & Credentials
MSW Eastern Michigan University
LMSW (MI) #6801116807
Experience
Over 5 years
Certifications
CBT · Motivational Interviewing
Practice Details
Telehealth and in-person sessions
Serving people in Michigan
Works with individuals and couples
Christian counseling available on request — your choice, at any point
London is present for all in-person sessions
Insurance
Aetna · BCBS · BCN · Cigna · Priority Health · UMH · UMR
