Renée Thompson, LCSW - Therapist in Florida

Emotionally-Focused Therapy
Client-Centered therapy
Cognitive Behavioral tools

About Renée

Renée Thompson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Florida with 21 years of counseling experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy concerns, and issues around self-esteem and life changes.

Renée uses practical conversations to identify what's keeping someone stuck. She encourages regular practice of new habits and small changes that add up. Her style centers on clients' strengths and resilience and treats people as experts on their own lives.

She draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to look at emotional patterns in relationships and how attachment needs shape reactions. She also uses Client-Centered therapy to follow a person’s priorities and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going.

Renée has long experience supporting people through loss, including grief and bereavement related to suicide. She has ten years of work in hospice and palliative care and co-founded a local chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in Tampa Bay.

Her background includes work with adults coping with chronic illness, caregiving stress, adoption and foster care concerns, blended family dynamics, body image, and career stress. She also helps with sleep and eating difficulties, anger, ADHD-related challenges, and changes tied to divorce or separation.

To begin, readers are asked to use the site matching tools to choose an online option and schedule a first session. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How her approaches fit with online sessions

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on showing how emotions shape relationship patterns and attachment needs. It can help people understand recurring reactions in intimate relationships and name feelings that are hard to access. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening to the client's priorities and following their pace to set goals and try changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and uses practical steps to change them.

Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. Renée works collaboratively to figure out which methods fit a person's goals and preferences. She adjusts what she does over time based on what is most helpful for the client's situation.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten check-ins, or avoid travel time. It also lets people use sessions while managing caregiving, work, or medical appointments. Before the first meeting, use the site matching questionnaire to pick an online option and schedule a session.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety GriefParenting issuesSelf esteem Depression

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersAnger managementCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependency Communication problems Control issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDivorce and separation Domestic violenceEmptinessFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgiveness Guilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityIsolation / loneliness Jealousy Life purpose Men's issues Midlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPostpartum depression Post-traumatic stress Pregnancy and childbirthProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSocial anxiety and phobiaTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered Therapy Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness Therapy Narrative Therapy Solution-Focused Therapy Internal Family Systems

Experience

21+ years

Listed in

Florida

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she address?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem, ADHD, and related life changes.

How would she describe her therapeutic style?

Renée emphasizes clients' strengths and resilience and uses practical conversations to identify patterns and try new habits.

How much experience does she have?

She has 21 years of counseling experience and has worked in hospice and palliative care for ten years.

What are her credentials and location?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Florida.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How are sessions priced?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What do I do to get started?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

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