About Denise
Denise Owen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with decades of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, relationship struggles, parenting challenges, and addiction. She brings a steady, practical approach to sessions and aims to meet people where they are. Denise works with concerns such as depression, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, self-esteem, sleep and eating problems, and intimacy-related issues.
She begins by listening and assessing each person’s goals. Denise emphasizes building rapport before starting focused work.
How Denise works
Sessions often include clear, practical tools and choices about which methods to use. If one approach isn’t working, she adjusts the plan. Her clinical background spans inpatient and outpatient care and many years in social work practice.
Denise has worked with people facing trauma, domestic violence, substance use, grief, and long-term psychiatric needs. She also has experience supporting caregivers, people facing end-of-life issues, and those handling family or blended-family stress. Denise keeps up with continuing education and attends conferences to broaden her perspective.
She has taught Psychology 101 and Sociology 101 at a community college and spent more than a decade teaching in a homeschool network. She has also written two children’s books. Her style is collaborative and straightforward.
She helps people set goals, tries methods that match those goals, and changes course when needed. Denise compares therapy to going to the gym - it can feel hard at first, but most people appreciate the effort afterward.
Denise lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Denise works with
The areas below are the ones Denise selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 34 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
How her approaches shape online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on helping people identify their values and take actions that match those values, even when uncomfortable feelings are present. It can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with anxiety, mood, sleep, and eating concerns. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s own goals and experience, with the therapist offering empathy and support while clients decide their next steps.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Denise collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. She reassesses and adjusts the plan if something is not helping, so the process stays tailored to the individual.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging work well for shorter updates, written reflection, or ongoing support between sessions. These options aim to make clinical care more flexible and accessible around work, family, or other obligations.
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