Denise Stuntzner, LCSW

Denise Stuntzner is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Oregon with 22 years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, as well as parenting and related challenges. She also addresses grief, trauma, addictions, sleep problems, anger, and life transitions.

Denise takes a direct, practical approach in sessions. She works with people on short-term goals and clear steps. Conversations focus on identifying unhelpful patterns and building manageable changes for home and work life.

Her background spans hospital, hospice, outpatient medical clinics, tribal wellness programming, and child and family mental health. She has assisted people in inpatient psychiatric settings and emergency department evaluations, and has supervised social work trainees.

Denise blends approaches that aim to change thinking and behavior with techniques that increase present-moment awareness. She uses Client-Centered Therapy alongside Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused methods. Mindfulness and brief motivational techniques often appear in her work when helpful.

Sessions typically emphasize problem solving, practical skills, and planning for everyday life. Denise encourages small, doable steps that fit a person’s routine. She also draws on her experience with caregiver stress, chronic illness, end-of-life issues, and postpartum concerns when those topics arise.

Outside clinical work she remains active in swimming and skiing and values time with family. Her practical style is aimed at helping people manage the everyday strains of parenting, relationships, and health-related stress.

How Denise applies approaches in online sessions