About Renee
Renee Rhoades is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people cope with stress and anxiety. She is based in Colorado and has nearly two decades of experience supporting people through depression, grief, relationship strain, and identity-related concerns. Renee focuses on practical conversation and clear steps.
She listens for what matters most to each person and adapts sessions to those needs. Sessions aim to reduce immediate distress and build skills for handling future challenges.
Background and approach
Her work covers a wide range of life problems, including parenting strain, work and career stress, addiction-related concerns, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses intimacy and relationship questions, body image, and the specific pressures many LGBTQ people face. Renee draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques and a collaborative style.
She partners with clients to create a plan that fits daily life and personal goals rather than using one fixed method for everyone. People often come to her when they need help after loss, when managing bipolar mood shifts, or when past trauma and attachment issues affect current relationships. She also supports those facing chronic illness, caregiver stress, or major life transitions.
Her approach is grounded in respect and sensitivity. Renee encourages small, manageable changes and teaches skills that can be used between sessions. She aims to make the process straightforward and usable for busy lives.
How Renee Uses Evidence-Based Approaches Online
Renee draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on real-world changes. One common approach involves learning coping skills to reduce anxiety and manage stress in everyday moments; this teaches breathing, grounding, and behavior changes that calm the body and mind. Another method focuses on processing grief and loss through guided conversation and practical steps for remembering and adjusting to new routines; this helps people keep functioning while they grieve. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Renee works with each person to choose methods that match their goals, pace, and comfort level. She checks in regularly and adjusts plans based on what is helping and what feels realistic to use between sessions. Online therapy lets people access support with more flexibility. Video calls work well for fuller conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins, ongoing coaching, or quick skill reminders between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, and other daily demands.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English
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