Therapist profile
Renee DeVuyst, LMHC
New York
Licensed Mental Health Counselor - Stress and Addictions
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- Credentials
- LMHC
- License
- LMHC, New York / 000640-01
- NPI
- 1144642786
- Experience
- 18 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- New York
About
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
About Renee
Renee DeVuyst is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in New York with 18 years of clinical experience. She works with people coping with stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, trauma, ADHD, and codependency issues. Sessions are conducted in English and her practice serves adults in New York.
Renee uses an integrative approach that centers on Client-Centered Therapy. She focuses on understanding how each person sees their world and responds with genuineness rather than silence. Motivational Interviewing and strength-based ideas guide conversations about change and readiness.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is incorporated when helpful to examine thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and to create concrete plans for change. She says she will both validate experiences and offer challenges to highlight mismatches between values and actions.
Renee has worked with people affected by domestic violence, sexual abuse, and substance use issues, and has experience facilitating treatment with offenders and perpetrators of domestic violence. Her background includes a master’s degree in Counselor Education from SUNY Brockport and New York state licensure as an LMHC.
She communicates across multiple formats and asks prospective clients to confirm session options before booking. Getting started involves completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session through the site.
How sessions work
How Renee blends talking therapies with online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely to how a person sees their life. The therapist reflects what she hears and stays genuine in conversation, which helps people clarify their values and decisions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors and offers straightforward strategies to reduce anxiety, adjust unhelpful thinking, and plan concrete steps for change. Motivational Interviewing concentrates on readiness to change and helps people weigh options when they feel stuck or ambivalent.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Renee will discuss what methods fit someone’s goals and preferences and adjust the mix as sessions progress. That collaborative choice helps keep sessions practical and focused on what the client wants to change.
The biography indicates she has experience using multiple communication mediums. Confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, since specific options can change. Online work can make scheduling easier, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or avoid travel time so sessions fit around work and caregiving. Therapists can also suggest which approach or pace will suit a person’s situation as they get started.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
18+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, trauma, grief, ADHD, and codependency among other issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is integrative with a primary Client-Centered stance. She combines motivational interviewing and CBT techniques as appropriate.
How much experience does she have?
She has 18 years of professional experience working with diverse mental health and substance use concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) licensed in New York and holds a master’s in Counselor Education from SUNY Brockport.
Does she provide sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the US work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The biography notes experience across texts, video chat, phone calls, and video conferencing; confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees and getting started handled?
Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.