About Dr. Denise

Denise Budden-Potts, Ph.D., Psychological Trauma Specialist, has over 28 years experience helping people overcome obstacles, thereby opening a door to developing a brighter future.  Dr. Denise recently completed research with 90 active duty and veterans with a 95% success rate assisting male and female vets to overcome the flashbacks, nightmares and negative emotions associated with traumatic memories in 3 sessions or less. 

Personal and competent, Denise's extensive and continuing education keeps her on the leading edge of therapeutic, training and coaching methodologies.  Her professional accomplishments and credentials include :

  • a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Golden State University in 1983 where she studied with Dr. Peter DeFranco and specialized in the area of " Belief System Reversal."

  • Hypnosis training in the Dave Elman And Milton Erickson traditions.

  • 18 years of training in the field of Neuro-Linguistic Programming with internationally renowned trainers Robert Dilts, Dr. Christina Hall and the NLP Comprehensive team.

  • Language Intensive Certification and Advanced Trainers Training Certification received from Dr. Christina Hall. 

  • Interviewed and quoted frequently as a relationship expert in Cosmopolitan Magazine and Men's Health Magazine.

  • Appearances on Fox 6 News Documentaries, for comment on "Communication at the U.S. Border," which earned a Golden Mike Award and featured guest for "How To Deal With A Mean Boss." Also 2009 interviewed on San Diego Living Morning Show discussing "Self-Hypnosis For Personal Change."

  • Developer and presenter of "Dating With Your Future in Mind" seminar for single women.  The seminar has an nine year history.  Women from a variety of ages and backgrounds have been participants in this proven program. (2003 - present - ongoing)

  • Developed and Presented Four (4) Courses to UC San Marcos and UC Riverside Students (2009, 2010): Three Secrets of Highly Successful Communicators;  Using the Enneagram to Develop Self-Awareness;  Conversational Rapport;  The Walt Disney Creativity Strategy.

  • Developed and Taught Sixteen Courses to San Diego North County Oasis Students (2008-2010):  Titles include:  1-Anger and Anxiety: How We Create these States and How to Re-direct Them, 2- Aggressive, Passive-Aggressive or Assertive Communication:  Do You know the Difference?   3- Forgiveness,  4- Stress Less: How To Shift Unreasonable Expectations and Disappointment , 5- Dealing with Relatives: When Family Members are at their Worst Bring out Their Best,  6-Walking a Mile in the Other Guy's Shoes –How to Shift your Perspective; 7- Building a Compelling Future, 8- Self-Hypnosis for Health, Relaxation and Personal Change, 9- Is that What you Really Mean to Say? A Look at Distorted Thinking,  10- How do you feel about it? Choosing Emotions to Support your Health and Relationships, 11- Creating Healthy Boundaries,  12- Meditation: A Powerful Method for Decreasing Stress, 13- Moving Conflict into Agreement , 14- Games People Play , 15-Building Deep Rapport with Friends and Loved Ones,  16- How to Communicate with Difficult People.

  • Hundreds of effective, results-producing in-office sessions for a variety of issues: stop smoking, daughter-mother upset, overcoming the loss of a spouse, enhancing competive golf tournament performance,  dream interpretation, effective decision-making and problem-solving,  redirecting obsessive thinking and improving couple communication.
 
Working with clients and training classes provides 'challenge' and 'satisfaction' in my life. Helping a person get what they want, especially a deeper appreciation of her/himself, is rewarding.  People are similar yet diverse. What I value most about the work we do, is the creative act of tailoring ‘sessions’  to achieve and match a client's value, goals and model of the world. 


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.So there are lots of psychologists, therapists,  out there, “Why work with Dr. Denise?”

I use a Rolls-Royce Approach.

  The work we will do is based on the premise that people have all the resources they need to make the changes they say they want.   Resources include past accomplishments, relationship skills, states of mind, beliefs and values. My job is to lend assistance and support in accessing and organizing these resources to make those desired changes an accomplished fact.  If this basic premise is true or not,  matters little because when a person structures their behavior as if the premise is true, untapped resources are brought to the forefront and made available to accomplish the goal.

  Each resource is a unique 'success pattern' that rests in your personal history awaiting activation.  This is even true for those experiences you have termed 'negative'.  Confidence, daring, assertiveness, relaxation (and more…) are all qualities you have used in some area of your life.  As I work with you, we will find your unique storehouse of resources and discover how to apply them to your current problems so you can make the changes you want. 

Specializing in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
alleviating the intrusive symptoms of PTSD...

flashbacks, nightmares and the negative emotions
associated with traumatic events





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