Denise Stuntzner

Denise Stuntzner is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than two decades of direct practice experience in Oregon. She returned to clinical work after raising her sons and has worked across settings including inpatient psychiatry, integrated behavioral health in medical clinics, rehabilitation, hospice, and tribal wellness programs. Denise brings a practical, goal-focused approach to therapy.

Her style is active and straightforward. She centers sessions on the client's goals and uses hands-on strategies to address problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused techniques are often the backbone of her work, with mindfulness and basic neuroscience woven into interventions.

Denise helps people notice and change unhelpful thinking and coping patterns. She works on issues like stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, sleep problems, and low self-esteem. She also supports people coping with major life changes, career challenges, caregiver strain, chronic illness, and codependency concerns.

Her background includes work with a child and family research institute, a domestic violence agency, and a tribal health program. She has provided inpatient psychiatric care and emergency evaluations, and has experience as an integrated behavioral health clinician in primary care settings. Denise also serves as a state-certified clinical supervisor and has taught social work students.

Outside of work she competes in masters swimming, enjoys skiing and travel, and values time with her sons, pets, and extended family. She describes therapy as collaborative and focused on building practical plans for change.

How Denise uses practical approaches in online work