Denise Smith Baril, LCSW
Licensed in Florida · 4 years in practice
Denise Smith Baril greets people who are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or stuck.
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 any license with the state board and any NPI with the national registry.
About Denise
Denise Smith Baril greets people who are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or stuck. She offers calm, steady support for those coping with grief, life changes, relationship strain, and the daily toll of stress. Denise uses straightforward, compassionate conversation to help people find small, practical steps forward.
Denise is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, practicing in Florida with four years of experience. She emphasizes that clients know their story best and helps them draw on strengths they already have.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what is happening now and what can be done next to ease pressure and rebuild balance. Her approach blends attachment-based ideas with client-centered listening and practical cognitive behavioral tools. That mix helps people understand patterns in relationships and moods while trying out new ways of coping.
Dialectical skills and emotion-focused techniques are added when people need better ways to manage strong feelings and repair connection. Denise also brings attention to long-term stresses such as caregiving, chronic illness, aging concerns, and compassion fatigue. She offers space to work through trauma, family of origin issues, and intimacy-related worries without jargon.
Parents and people facing separation or divorce can explore parenting strain and relationship choices. Sessions can include talk, homework between meetings, and short skills practices. The tone is practical and supportive, aimed at helping people make steady changes.
Denise helps clients set realistic goals and build coping tools that fit everyday life.
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
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- 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
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
The practice blends client-centered listening with attachment-based ideas and cognitive behavioral strategies. Client-centered therapy focuses on empathetic listening and helping people find their own answers, which can ease stress and improve decision making. Attachment-based therapy looks at how early relationship patterns show up now and helps people change those patterns to feel more supported. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and often helps with anxiety, depression, and coping with change.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they will try techniques and adjust the plan as needed so the work fits daily life and personal values.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video lets people read facial cues and practice relationship moments, phone can be useful when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text are helpful for quick check-ins or short skill practice. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to keep consistent momentum between meetings.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. It does not change what you pay or the order of the listings.
Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns might I bring to sessions?
Common topics include stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, parenting stress, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses issues like chronic illness, caregiving burden, and aging-related concerns.
How would you describe the therapy style?
The style is warm and practical. Denise listens with a client-centered stance, helps identify patterns from attachment work, and teaches coping tools from cognitive and dialectical approaches.
What professional background does Denise bring?
Denise has four years of clinical experience working with individuals and groups. Her work has included supporting people through major life changes, grief, and relationship challenges.
Where is the therapist located and licensed?
She practices in Florida and holds licenses as an LCSW in Florida and Louisiana.
Are sessions available in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How is payment handled and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to the therapist's availability.
More therapists in Florida
See allAmeenah Wright-Troutman
LCSW
Compassionate, practical support for life transitions
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Self esteem
Dr. Virginia Clark
LCSW
Experienced LCSW supporting life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
Carolyn Allen
LCSW
Compassionate practical support for everyday challenges
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career
Is this your profile?
Ask us to correct details or take the page down.
Contact us