About Renee
Renee Adams is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California with 13 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, stress, and life transitions. Renee aims to build on each person's strengths and practical skills to address what feels most urgent right now.
Her work draws on years spent across the legal system, inpatient and outpatient mental health settings, and hospitals. Those varied roles shaped a down-to-earth view of how problems show up in daily life.
Background and approach
She notices patterns, practical obstacles, and the resilience people already carry. Renee uses client-centered and solution-focused approaches. That means sessions start from the client’s perspective and emphasize small, achievable changes.
Conversations focus on what is working and what can be tried next to reduce distress and restore routine. She helps with common concerns like workplace stress, self-esteem struggles, social anxiety, and care-related burdens. Renee also has experience with adoption and foster care questions, pregnancy and postpartum mood changes, and end-of-life caregiving stress.
Her background includes work with first responders and veterans, which informs her practical problem-solving style. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Clients can expect a calm, respectful presence and a plan that fits their life.
Renee values courage and curiosity, and she encourages people to use the strengths they already have to make measurable changes. To begin, she asks about immediate needs and recent changes, then sets short-term goals together. The focus is on useful steps people can try between sessions to reduce symptoms and regain a sense of control.
How client-centered and solution-focused care works online
Client-centered therapy begins by listening closely to the person’s story and priorities. The therapist reflects what matters to the client, helps clarify goals, and supports the choices the person wants to make. This approach is useful for people dealing with anxiety, mood concerns, and difficult life changes where personal values matter.Solution-focused therapy zeroes in on small, practical steps that move a person toward their goals. Sessions highlight what has worked in the past and experiment with simple changes to reduce symptoms and restore routine. This is helpful for stress, workplace worries, and improving everyday coping skills.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Renee will collaborate with clients to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they set short-term goals and check progress, adjusting the plan as needed so sessions remain useful and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexibility and easier scheduling through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited or a quieter audio check-in is preferred. Live chat and text messaging provide brief check-ins and quick coping strategies between longer sessions. These options can make it easier to maintain regular contact and carry forward the small steps that lead to steady improvement.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Mood disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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