IFSTherapists

The therapist listings are provided by BetterHelp and we will earn a commission if you use our link - at no cost to you.

LCSW

Denise Venitelli, LCSW

  • Experience27 years
  • LocationNew Jersey
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Family, and Trauma and abuse
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Attachment-Based Therapy
Continue with Denise

Review online therapy options and next steps on BetterHelp.

About Denise

Denise Venitelli is a licensed clinical social worker in New Jersey who focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, family conflict, trauma, grief, and related life challenges.

Background and approach

With 27 years of experience, she approaches each person as the expert on their own life and builds on the strengths clients bring to therapy. She invites clients to take courageous steps toward change and offers steady support through difficult transitions.

Her work integrates evidence-based methods and relational understanding to address a wide range of concerns including self-esteem, relationships and intimacy, parenting and caregiver strain, chronic illness, career pressures, and compassion fatigue. Denise draws from Internal Family Systems alongside attachment-informed and client-centered perspectives to help clients understand internal dynamics, improve communication, and develop practical coping skills.

Sessions are tailored to individual needs and paced collaboratively so clients can move toward greater balance and clarity.

Integrating relational approaches for online care



Internal Family Systems (IFS) offers a way to explore the inner parts that hold emotions, beliefs, and protective strategies, helping people understand conflicting inner voices and reduce internal tension. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationship patterns shape current connections and communication, which can be useful for addressing relationship struggles and intimacy concerns. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship that validates experience and supports clients in discovering their own solutions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work together with each client to identify goals, try interventions that fit their needs, and adapt methods over time so the direction of therapy aligns with personal preferences and changing circumstances.

Online sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for those balancing work, caregiving, or health constraints. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care and access regular appointments while allowing therapists to apply attachment-focused, IFS-informed, and client-centered interventions in ways that fit each person's life and schedule.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns can be addressed in therapy?
Therapy can focus on stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy issues, sleeping difficulties, parenting concerns, anger, career problems, depression, and coping with life changes among other areas.
What is the therapeutic style and approach?
Denise blends relational and evidence-based approaches, using methods such as Internal Family Systems, attachment-based work, client-centered care, CBT, and DBT to tailor sessions to each person's needs.
How much experience does the therapist have?
The clinician brings 27 years of professional experience supporting people with a wide range of emotional, relational, and life-stage concerns.
Where is the therapist licensed and located?
She is an LCSW licensed in New Jersey under NJ LCSW 44SC0531700 and practices with that licensure in that state.
Can I work with this therapist if I live outside the United States?
International clients are not currently accepted; services are offered to clients within the therapist's permitted jurisdiction.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How are fees structured for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and services are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the process to begin working together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefSelf esteem

Also works with

LGBTRelationship issuesIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesDepressionCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationFamily problemsFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

27+ years

Licensed

New Jersey

Languages

English