Dr. Denise Petrelli-Holst, LPC

Wisconsin · 26 years in practice

Dr. Denise Petrelli-Holst is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 26 years in the helping professions.

License and registration

LPC, Wisconsin: 7028-125 · expires February 2027
NPI: 1881220408 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 26
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 Petrelli-Holst is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 26 years in the helping professions. She blends a broad background in business, education, and the arts into practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and life transitions.

Her career has included roles in the auto industry, mentoring and tutoring, teaching, art therapy, and business consulting. Those varied experiences inform the ways she listens, asks questions, and helps clients notice what’s working and what needs to change.

Background and approach

In sessions she uses straightforward, person-focused approaches. She draws on Jungian therapy ideas alongside acceptance and commitment and cognitive behavioral techniques to help people understand patterns, notice values, and take action. Attachment-informed perspectives guide work on relationship and communication concerns.

She often helps people who struggle with self-esteem, career decisions, coping with trauma, grief, eating and body image issues, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses life purpose, money stress, chronic illness challenges, and the strain of caregiving and aging issues. Dr.

Petrelli-Holst aims for practical steps that fit daily life. She works with each person to find methods that feel useful and realistic. The tone is collaborative and down-to-earth, focused on building choices and momentum.

Her practice serves people in Wisconsin and sessions are conducted in English. She encourages prospective clients to consider what they want from counseling and to take the next step when ready.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Denise lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Eating disorders
Anger management
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Aging and geriatric issues
Body image
Cancer
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Divorce and separation
Eating and food-related issues
Forgiveness
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Money and financial issues
Self-love
Women's issues
Workplace issues

Approaches Denise names

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Online support

Approach and Online Care that Fits Your Life

Jungian therapy emphasizes exploration of personal symbols, dreams, and recurring life themes to help people make sense of inner conflicts and find greater meaning. It can be useful when someone feels stuck, curious about patterns, or wants to understand deeper motives.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying values and taking action even when difficult thoughts or feelings appear. It helps with anxiety, depression, and big life changes by teaching practical skills for living in line with what matters.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship experiences influence current patterns in communication and trust. This approach is useful for people wanting to improve how they relate to others or to heal from past relational hurts.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels useful in early sessions. Together they try methods and adapt the plan as needs and life circumstances change.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to fit counseling into work, caregiving, or busy schedules.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns can be addressed here?

Therapy covers stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, career and relationship concerns, eating and body image issues, bipolar and ADHD, and related life challenges.

How would you describe the therapy style?

Sessions are collaborative and practical. The therapist listens, helps people notice patterns, and suggests small steps they can try between meetings.

What is the therapist's background?

The clinician brings 26 years of experience and a varied career in industry, education, art therapy, mentoring, and business consulting that shapes a practical approach to counseling.

Where does Dr. Petrelli-Holst practice?

She practices in Wisconsin and holds an LPC credential from that state.

What languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How does cost and billing work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin if I want to work together?

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