Renée Thompson, LCSW

Renée Thompson, LCSW, helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, relationship concerns, parenting strain, and issues with self-esteem and depression. She also supports those navigating intimacy-related problems, sleep or eating disturbances, anger, career shifts, and the fallout from major life changes. Her style is direct and practical, with an emphasis on using a person's strengths to make steady improvements.

Renée works from the view that clients are the experts on their own lives. She listens without judgment and offers clear feedback and doable steps. Sessions focus on identifying patterns that cause pain and practicing small changes that lead to better daily functioning. She encourages learning new ways to cope, noticing unhelpful thoughts, and building on what already works well.

With a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential (LCSW), Renée brings 21 years of counseling experience in Florida. Her background includes grief and loss work, hospice and palliative care, and long-term counseling with children and adults. She co-founded a local chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention after experiencing personal loss to suicide.

Renée often draws on cognitive-behavioral skills, mindfulness, emotionally focused techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, and a client-centered way of working. She aims to help clients increase self-awareness, strengthen resilience, and find meaning after loss or upheaval. Her goal is practical change in a relatively short time frame.

People who choose Renée can expect a calm, compassionate presence paired with concrete tools and homework when helpful. She invites clients to take an active role in setting goals and practicing new behaviors between sessions.

How Renée’s approaches work in online therapy

Renée often uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based techniques in her work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple exercises in awareness and grounding to manage distress and improve focus.

She also brings a client-centered attitude to sessions, which means listening closely and tailoring work to the person's goals. Finding the right approach is part of the process and she will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit best based on needs, goals, and preferences.

Confirm current session formats before booking, since formats are not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, reduce travel time, and allow shorter or more frequent check-ins when needed. Discuss practical scheduling and any preferences during the matching and intake steps so sessions line up with everyday life and goals.