Renée Thompson
Compassionate LCSW focused on practical coping
LCSW Florida
- Experience
- 21 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Grief, Parenting
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Renée
Renée Thompson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Florida who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, relationship and family concerns, parenting challenges, self-esteem struggles, depression, and related issues.
Background and approach
With 21 years of clinical practice, she draws on a strengths-oriented perspective that recognizes each person as the expert on their own life and emphasizes building resilience and practical coping skills. Renée uses evidence-informed approaches including cognitive behavioral techniques alongside client-centered, dialectical behavior, emotionally-focused, and mindfulness strategies to promote clearer thinking and healthier emotional patterns.
Her background includes extensive work with grief and loss, hospice and palliative care, adoption and foster care matters, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and a range of interpersonal and life-change challenges. She also supports concerns such as ADHD, body image, eating and sleeping difficulties, anger, career transition, and intimacy-related struggles.
Clients can expect an empathetic, nonjudgmental clinician who offers encouragement, practical suggestions, and collaborative goal setting. Renée’s practice emphasizes brief, focused work when appropriate and aims to help people increase self-awareness, consider new perspectives, and develop sustainable ways to cope and move forward.
How Renée Brings Cognitive and Client-Centered Work Online
Renée integrates cognitive behavioral techniques and client-centered principles to help clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and build practical coping skills while also creating a space that emphasizes empathy and the client’s own goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on noticing thoughts, testing beliefs, and practicing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress-related symptoms. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening, validation, and collaboration so clients can explore values, strengths, and personal meaning.Choosing the right therapeutic approach is often a collaborative process. Renée works with clients to consider their needs, goals, and preferences and then tailors techniques from CBT, client-centered work, or dialectical and mindfulness-informed strategies as appropriate. The emphasis is on trying methods together, tracking what helps, and adjusting the plan to fit each person’s circumstances.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering practical flexibility for busy schedules, caregiving responsibilities, or those who prefer written exchanges. These options allow clients to access consistent support from a licensed professional while fitting sessions into daily life, making ongoing skill practice and timely problem solving more achievable.
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Experience
21+ years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
English