Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
How Denise works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New Jersey
- Years in practice
- 27
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Denise
Denise Venitelli is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, anger, grief, and major life changes. She meets individuals where they are and focuses on practical steps you can use day to day. Her style is straightforward and respectful, aimed at making the first step feel manageable.
With 27 years of experience, she draws on many approaches to tailor care to each person. Sessions tend to center on understanding patterns that keep problems going.
Background and approach
She helps people notice what triggers strong emotions and practices new responses that feel safer and more effective. Denise often uses attachment-informed ideas to explore how early relationships shape current reactions. She also draws from cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and build different coping skills.
Emotion-focused work can be used when feelings need naming and processing. Her background includes supporting people through trauma, family conflict, infertility and adoption concerns, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and work-related burnout. She also addresses relationship and intimacy-related issues, ADHD-related challenges, and compassion fatigue.
In sessions clients can expect a collaborative process. Denise asks questions, suggests exercises, and checks in on what helps. The aim is to build skills that fit daily life and to reduce the hold of upsetting thoughts and behaviors.
What Denise works with
Everything Denise lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Denise's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Denise lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships affect present-day reactions. Online sessions use conversation and guided reflection to identify attachment patterns and build more supported ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and test different behaviors. In video or phone sessions she teaches simple exercises and thought records to use between meetings.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and together decide whether attachment-focused work, CBT techniques, or a mix fits best. That collaborative decision gets revisited as needs change.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls let the therapist and client see facial cues for emotion-focused or attachment conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text-based messaging is useful for short check-ins, skill prompts, and ongoing coaching between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy days while keeping consistent progress.
Questions people ask about Denise
What concerns does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, grief, trauma, and relationship or intimacy-related issues. Additional focuses include parenting, ADHD, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and career concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She uses clear questions, skill practice, and emotional exploration to help people change unhelpful patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She has 27 years of professional experience working in clinical settings and community care. That background informs a range of tools she brings to sessions.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in New Jersey. Her practice is based in New Jersey.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with her?
She does not work with international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to the therapist's availability.