Denise Snyder, LCSW

Denise Snyder is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in New York with 31 years of professional experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, anger, and low self-esteem. Denise also addresses concerns such as body image, communication problems, eating and food-related issues, grief and end-of-life matters, postpartum depression, PTSD, seasonal affective disorder, social anxiety, women’s issues, and young adult concerns.

Her background spans multiple settings in mental health care. She has worked in the school system, an Employee Assistance Program, an in-patient alcohol rehabilitation facility, foster care, and other mental health services. Those varied roles shaped a practical sense of what helps people day to day.

Denise uses a mix of evidence-based approaches to therapy, including solution-focused work, cognitive behavioral methods, and family systems ideas. In sessions she listens for what is working now and what clients want to change. Conversations aim to identify concrete steps and small experiments to try between meetings.

She emphasizes respect, straightforward feedback, and building trust in the therapeutic relationship. Denise notes that change can feel uncomfortable, and she draws on both professional experience and life as a parent and partner to relate to those challenges. She encourages clients to recognize their strengths and to take gradual steps toward goals.

Outside of work she enjoys outdoor activities like kayaking and hiking, reads widely, and cares for two rescue dogs, including a retired greyhound.

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