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Denise Smith Baril, LCSW
Florida
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Stress and Anxiety
See online therapy options- CBT informed methods
- Attachment work
- Practical skills focus
About Denise
Denise Smith Baril is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Florida with four years of professional experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, parenting concerns, and life transitions. She also addresses relationship and intimacy issues, compassion fatigue, and depression.
She uses clear, goal-focused conversations to spot unhelpful thoughts and habits. Sessions often include practical tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside approaches that look at attachment and emotions. Denise encourages clients to build on their strengths and try small experiments between sessions.
Her background includes work with individuals, couples, groups, and situations involving trauma and abuse. She has experience supporting people dealing with chronic illness, caregiver stress, cancer, and aging-related concerns. She also has worked with issues tied to family of origin, divorce, and first responder stress.
In a typical meeting she listens to what is most urgent, then helps set short-term goals. She uses thought tracking, behavioral experiments, and skills practice when those fit the goals. She may draw on emotion-focused and attachment ideas to address relationship patterns and closeness difficulties.
Denise explains clinical concepts in plain language and focuses on steps clients can try right away. She asks about daily routines and supports ways to make small changes that are realistic. Clients are invited to check what’s working and adjust plans as they go.
How Denise blends practical approaches for online care
Denise commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy in sessions. CBT focuses on noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing small changes in behavior to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Attachment-based ideas look at how patterns from close relationships shape reactions and connection in current partnerships and families.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then suggest which methods to try first. That decision is collaborative and may change as progress is reviewed.
The biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow a shorter check-in when time is limited, or remove travel time so people can practice new skills between meetings. Licensed professionals typically use that flexibility to keep therapy practical and focused on real-life steps.
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Experience
4+ years
Listed in
Florida, Louisiana
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address most often?
She commonly helps people with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, parenting concerns, relationships, and coping with life changes.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
She uses practical, structured conversations that focus on identifying thoughts and behaviors to change. Tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy are used alongside emotion- and attachment-based approaches.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has four years of professional experience working with individuals, couples, groups, and on issues such as trauma, chronic illness, caregiver stress, and first responder concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Florida. Her practice listing indicates Florida as her location.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin working together?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
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