Care that holds you.
Denise Hooks, MS, LPC — a licensed clinician and healing practitioner. Therapy, trauma coaching, veteran evaluations, and birthwork, each rooted in the same somatic, steady presence.
A clinician and a healer
Denise Hooks, MS, LPC · She / They
I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor and trauma-informed clinical specialist. My work rests on a simple belief: the nervous system opens when it feels held, not braced. Whether I'm sitting with a client, coaching through trauma, evaluating a veteran's claim, or supporting a birth, I bring the same steady, body-aware presence.
Our bodies carry the echoes of what we've lived — and what those before us lived. Healing is the work of writing something new into those cells: calmer rhythms, more safety, more room to breathe.
Four paths, one grounded presence
Each service has its own reach and rhythm. Where you begin depends on what you're carrying — and where you live.
Therapy Services
Nevada & Virginia · VirtualTrauma-informed individual counseling with a licensed professional. Somatic, nervous-system-centered care for anxiety, trauma, grief, and life's harder thresholds.
Learn about therapyTrauma Coaching
Nationwide · All 50 StatesForward-focused, body-based coaching for people ready to move through what they've carried. We build regulation, resilience, and new rhythms together.
Learn about coachingPTSD Nexus Letters
Veterans · All 50 StatesIndependent clinical evaluations for veterans navigating VA disability claims. 7+ years of nexus letters for PTSD and Military Sexual Trauma. $500 flat, 7–10 business days.
See how it worksSomatic Birthways
Birthwork · Around the GlobeDoula care, somatic healing, and herbal medicine for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. A steady rhythm so you and your family can soften and exhale.
Explore birthworkPTSD nexus letters, done right
The VA requires documentation connecting your PTSD to your service. An independent nexus letter from a licensed clinician provides that connection in writing — formatted to the "at least as likely as not" standard, for PTSD and Military Sexual Trauma alike.
One virtual appointment. No ongoing therapy relationship. Independent — not VA-affiliated.
This is an independent evaluation for documentation purposes. It is not affiliated with the Department of Veterans Affairs and does not guarantee a diagnosis or claim approval. A letter is issued only when the clinical evaluation supports it.
Birth can be ease
Doula care · Somatic healing · Herbal medicine
In a world that tells us to brace for pain, I bring the steady rhythm of a drum — grounding, unwavering. My role is not to fix, but to hold: to drum a rhythm that lets you rest back, be carried, and remember what your body already knows.
"When a birthing person feels safe enough to rest, the baby feels it too. That calm becomes their first inheritance."Explore birthwork
You don't have to carry it alone.
Book online in minutes, or reach out with questions first. We'll find the path that fits.
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