Denton was Scotland's star performer in last year's Six Nations, and a key cog in Edinburgh's Heineken Cup run to the semi-finals, but he claims he's tried too hard this term to replicate that form.
But with the backing of experienced Gunners teammates Greig Laidlaw and Nick De Luca, he's backing himself to come through this sticky patch a more rounded performer.
Denton told The Scotsman: "Trying too hard I think this season has been the big problem for me. After such a good season last year I set my bar [very high] and I have got very frustrated when I don't reach there.
"But Greig Laidlaw and Nick De Luca have been brilliant with me, helping me with the mental approach to the game, and you can see their experience.
"They know how to keep calm when they don't perform the way they want to, and still manage to put in a solid game.
"It's having to accept that I'm not going to make four or five line-breaks every game and win it for my team at this level, which is what I've been going out there thinking my teammates need from me, and that maybe you're the guy some days who falls back and just gives your team a solid base to work off.
"I've been building pressure on myself, especially with the Six Nations coming up. I want to be the best player out there but sometimes you've got to realise, I guess, that the key is to allow the players around you to play well. In the last few weeks I've tried to start developing that."
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