Profile / United States
Denise Venitelli, LCSW
New Jersey
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Stress and Anxiety
See online therapy options- CBT based methods
- Attachment work
- Skills coaching
About Denise
Denise Venitelli is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in New Jersey with 27 years of experience. She helps people manage stress and anxiety, work through family conflict, cope with grief and loss, and address trauma and abuse. Her approach is practical and centered on clear steps that clients can try between sessions.
She focuses on what people do day to day and how thoughts and habits affect feelings. Denise uses elements of cognitive behavioral work to notice unhelpful thought patterns and try different responses. She also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships shape current reactions.
Sessions are client-centered, which means conversations follow what matters most to the person in front of her. Dialectical behavior and emotionally-focused techniques are used when skills development or deeper emotional processing is helpful. Denise aims to help people build tools they can use outside sessions.
Over nearly three decades of practice she has supported people with a wide range of concerns beyond the core issues above. These include self-esteem, sleep problems, parenting stress, relationship and intimacy-related issues, career decisions, and coping with chronic illness or caregiving strain. She also addresses topics like abandonment, attachment issues, and adoption or foster care experiences.
Denise works in English and practices in New Jersey. She uses a practical, step-oriented style that highlights small experiments and skill practice. To begin, she asks people to identify a few immediate goals and then maps out straightforward steps toward them.
How Denise Uses Structured Approaches Online
Denise uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and habits and try small experiments to change them. CBT work often includes tracking thoughts, testing assumptions, and practicing alternative behaviors to reduce anxiety or improve mood.She also draws on attachment-based ideas to examine how early and important relationships affect current reactions. That work can help clarify why certain relationship patterns repeat and what to try differently. Client-centered methods guide sessions so the conversation follows the client’s priorities while skills from DBT or emotionally-focused work are introduced when emotional regulation or deeper processing is needed.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Denise will discuss goals and preferences and recommend which methods to try first. Clients and therapist decide collaboratively whether to focus on skills training, thought-change experiments, or emotion-focused processing.
Session formats are not specified here, so confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a weekday break, reduce travel time, or allow a shorter check-in when days are busy. Many people find that structured, skill-oriented sessions translate well to remote appointments because homework and in-the-moment tracking are simple to share and review.
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Experience
27+ years
Listed in
New Jersey
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, family conflict, trauma and abuse, grief, and related issues such as self-esteem, sleep, and parenting strain.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and client-centered, focusing on clear steps and skill practice. Cognitive behavioral ideas are used to spot and change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 27 years of professional experience working in mental health settings.
What credentials and location apply?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in New Jersey and practices in that state.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions arranged and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Confirm specific fees during the matching process.
How do I get started with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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