About
Dr. Denise McDermott, M.D. is a medical doctor, podcast host, producer, author and paradigm progression pioneer.
She completed her Adult Psychiatry residency at Emory University and her Child Psychiatry fellowship at University of California Los Angeles and was acting Chief Fellow.
She treats children, adolescents and adults and has > 50,000 hours of clinical expertise in her private practice since 2001. Her goal is to empower her patients and their families to live their best life possible.
The Dr. Denise Show was a finalist in the People’s Podcast Awards in 2022, 2023, and 2024 out of 8.1 million pooled listeners in the skeptic’s guide to science and medicine category. The podcast was also podcaster of the month in March of 2022 on the blubrry platform that host ~100,000 podcasters, specifically in the science and medicine category.
Dr. McDermott received the “Outstanding Physician Award” at UCLA (2000). She was President of the Southern California Psychiatric Society and guest lecturer at UCLA for nearly a decade to teach others how to set up a successful psychiatric private practice.
She is passionate about bridging science, spirituality and mental wellness which inspired her to launch an educational mental health website DrDeniseMD.com (2016) now reaching a global audience > 300,000 on all social media platforms (@drdenisemd).
She is author of “Mental Heath and How to Thrive,” and reaches an international audience with her multidimensional trans media content.
Dr. McDermott was honored to be guest speaker at the Dalai Lama’s Tibetan Medical Society Fall 2018 in Dharamshala, India lecturing on “Nurturing Children’s Mental Health. In Spring of 2019 she shared this experience as in an educational series at the Wayfarer’s Chapel in Palos Verdes, California.
In 2019 Dr. Denise was the health and wellness expert involved creating 30 wellness challenges for the United Kingdom based Elomi Lingerie LiveLimitless Campaign to inspire women to love, honor and embrace their beauty and to promote body positivity!
Dr. Denise received “Best of 2020” Adult and Child Psychiatrist Redondo Beach and was honored as Top 100 Health and Fitness Influencer.
She produces and hosts her award winning podcast The Dr. Denise Show (90 K downloads) in which she interviews scholars, mental health advocates, athletes and other influencers.
2024 is starting strong with the launch of video content with a deep dive emphasis on everything to do with the revolutionary Embrace Your Neurostyle and Beyond concept with intentions to cultivate communities on and off show!
She is the proud mother of her charismatic, witty and wise teen son who is by far her biggest teacher of her lifetime.
Dr. Denise McDermott, M.D. is an integrative adult and child psychiatrist, podcast host and producer of The Dr. Denise Show a global finalist People’s Podcast Choice Awards 2022 & 2023, science and medicine category, author and mother of a charismatic teen.
She completed her Adult Psychiatry residency at Emory University and her Child Psychiatry fellowship at University of California Los Angeles and was acting Chief Fellow.
She treats children, adolescents and adults and has > 50,000 hours of clinical expertise in her private practice since 2001. Her goal is to empower her patients and their families to live their best life possible.
The Dr. Denise Show was a finalist in the People’s Podcast Awards in 2022 and 2023 out of 8.1 million pooled listeners in the skeptic’s guide to science and medicine category. She was honored as podcaster of the month in March of 2022 on the blubrry platform that host ~100,000 podcasters, specifically in the science and medicine category.
A unique intention that Dr.Denise has in her content is that the titles of the show, the hashtags, and the tips within are easy-to-remember healing phrases that are a shot of positive psychology to model cognitive reframing and to remind us about the powerful energy that our words, thoughts and actions have in influencing our overall health and well-being.
Blubrry Podcaster of the Month March 2022
New Year’s resolutions on News Nation.2021
Videos
Dr. Denise shares her best Tips, Myths and Facts on the most popular topics in Adult and Child Psychiatry today. Her unique Integrative approach focuses on wellness – not you or your child’s illness.