About Renee
Renee Avis is a licensed clinical mental health counselor in North Carolina with 20 years of professional experience. She uses straightforward, person-focused care to help people manage anxiety, stress, eating concerns, and life transitions. Renee earned a master’s degree in counseling from Argosy University and has practiced across a range of treatment settings.
That variety shaped a practical style that adapts to different needs. She aims to make sessions feel calm and approachable rather than clinical or intimidating.
Background and approach
In sessions she helps people address disordered eating, body image struggles, and the effects of diet culture. She also works with people facing ADHD challenges, career stress, depression, and compassion fatigue. Her approach supports people dealing with midlife shifts, seasonal mood changes, and questions about life purpose.
Renee draws on tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, client-centered work, and mindfulness. She blends these so people can learn skills, practice new responses, and notice what matters most to them. People who choose her often want clear, practical steps and a steady companion through change.
Renee focuses on building trust and helping each person find the next right step for their life and goals.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people clarify their values and take small steps toward them while learning to live with uncomfortable feelings. It can be useful for anxiety, life transitions, and finding purpose. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful habits. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress management. Mindfulness Therapy emphasizes present-moment awareness and gentle attention to thoughts and sensations to reduce reactivity and build coping skills.Deciding which approach feels right is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick strategies that match their goals and daily life. That might mean starting with skills from CBT, adding ACT exercises about values, and using mindfulness practices between sessions to notice progress.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to have shorter check-ins, share written exercises, and stay connected between longer sessions. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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