Denise Smith Baril, LCSW
Florida · 4 years in practice
Denise Smith Baril is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and major life changes.
License and registration
- LCSW, Florida
- SW20152 · expires March 2027
- LCSW, Louisiana
- 17939 · expires August 2026
- NPI
- 1417639345 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 4
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Denise
Denise Smith Baril is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and major life changes. She offers straightforward support for relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, and burnout from caregiving or compassion fatigue. Her approach is warm and respectful, and she encourages clients to use their own strengths as the basis for change.
Denise draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy and attachment-based ideas to help people better understand feelings and patterns in relationships.
Background and approach
She also uses client-centered methods to keep sessions focused on each person's needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools are available when practical skills for managing mood and behavior are helpful. In sessions she aims to create clear, practical steps alongside space to talk through emotions.
That might mean learning skills for anxiety, identifying patterns that keep problems repeating, or working through grief at a steady pace. Denise emphasizes small, doable changes rather than sudden overhauls. She holds a Florida Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential and has practiced for four years.
Denise works with adults who want help balancing life demands, repairing relationships, or coping with health and caregiving challenges. Sessions are offered in English and can include a mix of talking and skills practice. People often begin by describing one or two pressing problems and setting a short-term goal.
From there Denise helps shape a plan that fits daily life, whether the focus is mood, relationships, parenting, or adjusting to major change.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Denise lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Approaches Denise names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How these approaches translate to online care
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on recognizing and reshaping emotional patterns that keep people stuck. Online sessions can use that same work to name core feelings, track how interactions escalate, and practice new responses. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and helps people build safer, more connected patterns through conversation and guided reflection.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your concerns, goals, and preferences and then suggest which methods might help most. Together you can try an approach and adjust the plan if something feels off or a different focus is needed.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper emotional work. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging can fit brief updates, between-session coaching, or times when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or medical appointments.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Denise help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, trauma and abuse, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Additional focuses include caregiving stress, chronic illness, aging concerns, and family of origin issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy, attachment-based ideas, and client-centered care with practical CBT and DBT skills when useful. Sessions combine emotional exploration with concrete tools for coping and behavior change.
What is her clinical experience?
She has four years of professional practice experience supporting people with a range of life stressors, relationship challenges, and grief-related concerns.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and practices in Florida.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not accepted.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are costs handled?
Session cost varies with location and therapist availability and is billed through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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