Denise Powers

Dr. Powers brings warmth, genuineness, and a down-to-earth approach to her work, helping patients explore how psychological care can improve quality of life—especially when navigating complex medical conditions. With extensive experience in multidisciplinary, team-based care, she tailors evidence-based interventions to support resilience, adjustment, and sustainable well-being, often using patients’ personal values as a guide. Recognizing that people are often most vulnerable when coping with illness, she works flexibly and creatively to tailor evidence-based interventions that support resilience, adjustment, and improved well-being. Dr. Powers earned her doctorate in Counseling Psychology with a Health Psychology emphasis from the University of Georgia. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Cooper University Healthcare in New Jersey, where she gained specialized training across integrated primary care, critical care, chronic pain, GI conditions and other chronic illness management. Throughout her training and career, Dr. Powers has intentionally sought opportunities in multidisciplinary, team-based settings that emphasize whole-person care. Dr. Powers is committed to providing thoughtful, sustainable care that balances clinical excellence with compassion. She values collaboration, innovation, and dedication to improving the lives of patients managing complex health conditions; specifically Disorders of the Gut Brain Interaction. The GI Psychology team is here to support you in accomplishing your goals and resolving your problems. Rather than forcing your goals to fit into specific treatments, our clinicians aid and guide your healing through a combination of treatment models by tailoring them to what you need for success. Your experience and needs are unique; your therapy should be the same. By utilizing evidence based treatments, our clinicians can help you take back control of your thoughts and improve your understanding of how your environment might influence your behavior. GI Psychology specializes in Disorders of the Gut Brain Interaction and utilizes evidenced based treatments in order to treat them; specifically Clinical Hypnosis and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. All of our clinicians are well versed in working along side you to maximize your physical and psychological recovery and growth.