Denise Owen, LCSW

Denise Owen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in North Carolina with 34 years in social work practice. She works with adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, parenting challenges, addictions, mood concerns and family difficulties. Denise lists a wide range of concerns she addresses, including trauma, intimacy issues, ADHD, and problems tied to caregiving and blended families.

Her career began in the 1980s and includes inpatient and outpatient settings. She has worked in state psychiatric and medical hospitals, on a military base, and at outpatient agencies across several states. That breadth of experience informs how she assesses current concerns and what options she offers in sessions.

Denise prefers to set goals with each person up front. She typically evaluates where someone is first, then discusses which methods to try. If one method does not fit, she and the client select a different way to proceed. Building rapport is an early priority before moving into active therapeutic work.

Her clinical approach draws from several practical methods, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral ideas, dialectical behavior strategies, client-centered listening, and mindfulness practices. In sessions she uses techniques from those approaches to address symptoms and everyday problems rather than relying on a single fixed method.

Outside clinical work she has taught community college psychology and a variety of homeschool classes, and she has authored two children's books. She asks new clients to see therapy as a practice you return to, often feeling better after you start doing the work together.

How Denise uses therapy models online