EmpowerMind Therapy, led by Denise Ponzone, is a certified trauma-informed business specializing in supporting families towards improved mental well-being. With a diverse counselling background, Denise focuses on fostering healthier family relationships through individual counselling, family therapy, and workshops. Her approach, rooted in empathy and active listening, addresses a range of issues including communication breakdowns, conflict resolution, parenting challenges, relationship issues, and major life transitions.
Denise’s counselling philosophy is centered on creating a safe and inclusive space where clients from all walks of life feel valued and heard. Committed to diversity and inclusion, she actively cultivates cultural humility and strives to understand each client’s unique perspectives. Specializing in family and children counselling, Denise utilizes child-centered and play therapy techniques to empower children and teenagers with the emotional tools they need to navigate their world with confidence and resilience.
EmpowerMind Therapy offers a range of confidential counselling services, including one-on-one sessions, group counselling, workshops, and multilingual sessions in Italian and/or English. Denise’s areas of expertise cover general family support, youth and children’s trauma and abuse, children’s behavior development, relationships between parents and children, postpartum depression, bereavement, grief and loss, drug and alcohol addictions, anxiety, stress, panic attacks, interpersonal relationships, guidance in life choices, and intergenerational trauma.