Therapist profile
Renée Thompson, LCSW
Florida
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Codependency and Grief
Continue with RenéeWhere Renée stands
- Credentials
- LCSW
- License
- LCSW, Florida / SW9407
- NPI
- 1649409798
- Experience
- 21 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Florida
About
- stress and anxiety
- boundary work
- grief and loss
About Renée
Renée Thompson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Florida with 21 years of counseling experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and issues like codependency and low self-esteem. She also supports people coping with ADHD, burnout, career change, and life transitions.
Renée uses straightforward, practical methods in sessions. She leans on client-centered work to follow what the person knows about their life. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot patterns of thinking that get in the way, and mindfulness exercises to help ground upsetting moments.
Her approach focuses on strengths and resilience. She helps people identify small daily practices that make a difference. Sessions include discussing current problems, learning new skills, and trying short exercises between meetings to test what works.
Renée has extensive experience with grief and loss, including loss to suicide, and has worked with hospice and palliative care patients and their families. She also has a long history supporting parents and people connected to adoption, foster care, blended family issues, and aging-related concerns.
She asks clients to be active participants in change. That can mean practicing boundary setting, experimenting with different coping strategies, or adjusting routines that undercut sleep, eating, or mood. People who want clear, practical steps and someone who will point out options often find this straightforward style useful.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy puts the client's experience at the center. The therapist listens for what matters most and shapes the work around the client's goals. This approach helps with feeling stuck in people-pleasing, boundaries, and identity questions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It uses practical exercises to test unhelpful beliefs and to try new ways of acting. This is often useful for anxiety, low mood, and codependent patterns where thinking habits keep someone stuck.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. DBT techniques include emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness that can reduce reactivity and improve boundary-setting.
Figuring out which approach fits best is part of the early work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences and recommend methods to try. This is a collaborative decision and can change as progress is made.
Confirm the available session formats before booking, since specific formats are not listed in the profile. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and allow brief check-ins when a full in-person visit would be harder to arrange. Licensed professionals generally combine talking, skill practice, and written exercises in virtual sessions to keep therapy focused and practical.
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Experience
21+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, codependency, parenting strains, ADHD challenges, and related life changes.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and client-centered. She follows what the client knows about their life and uses concrete skills from CBT, DBT, EFT, and mindfulness.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 21 years of counseling experience and has been a Florida LCSW since 2009.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Florida and provides services from that state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the provided profile.
How are costs handled?
Session cost varies with location and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin?
Choose the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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