About Renee
Renee LaVigne is a licensed social worker (LMSW) based in Michigan who focuses on anxiety and stress. She uses straightforward, practical guidance to help people manage worry, panic, and overwhelming feelings. Renee aims to create a steady place to talk through immediate problems and plan next steps.
She draws on 25 years of experience supporting people with depression, bipolar concerns, addictions, and life transitions. Sessions often center on improving communication, building healthier habits, and finding small steps that make daily life easier.
Background and approach
Renee also helps with work stress, parenting pressures, and issues around intimacy and commitment. Her approach blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral methods, mindfulness, client-centered listening, and motivational interviewing. That mix is used to notice unhelpful thoughts, try new behaviors, and clarify what matters most to each person.
The work is practical and goal-oriented, with time for reflection and skills practice. Renee prefers to begin by connecting over video or phone so a stronger rapport can form, and she supports ongoing check-ins by text when helpful. She emphasizes collaboration - clients and therapist choose strategies together and adjust them over time.
The focus is on small, achievable changes that build confidence. People come to Renee seeking relief from anxiety, anger, low self-esteem, relationship problems, and the strain of caregiving or blended family dynamics. She listens without judgment and helps people move toward clearer choices and more manageable days.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Renee often blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on clarifying personal values and taking committed action even when difficult thoughts or feelings appear. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood.She treats therapy as a collaborative process. The therapist and client work together to choose which approaches to use, adjust techniques, and set goals that fit the client's needs and preferences. That makes it easier to try different tools and keep what works best.
Online sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets you work face-to-face and practice skills together, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited, live chat and messaging offer brief check-ins or support between sessions. These options provide flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels with remote sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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