About Renisha
Renisha Oubre, LPC, helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, or major life changes. She writes in clear, direct language and focuses on practical steps that can fit into a busy family life. Her approach is warm and respectful, aimed at making difficult conversations easier to start.
She draws on twelve years of experience in mental health and school counseling in Louisiana. That background means she often meets people facing grief, parenting strain, relationship tension, substance issues, mood concerns, and questions about identity.
Background and approach
She listens first and asks questions to understand each person’s goals and daily challenges. Renisha uses a client-centered stance, which puts the person’s priorities at the center of the work. She also uses cognitive behavioral strategies to identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.
Dialectical behavior ideas and mindfulness skills are included when people need tools for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Sessions can include practical problem solving, short exercises to change reactions, and discussions that help untangle family dynamics or past wounds. She also offers motivational techniques for people who want help changing habits or addressing addictive behaviors.
Renisha works with adults and young people in a respectful, collaborative way. She encourages straightforward feedback so treatment can be adjusted as goals change. The focus is on clear steps that help people feel more capable handling anxiety, parenting demands, grief, and other stressors.
Therapeutic approaches for online anxiety and coping work
Renisha uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) as core parts of her online practice. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's priorities so goals come from the client. CBT helps identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and teaches practical steps to change them, which can reduce anxiety and improve daily functioning.She may also draw on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) ideas when emotion regulation or strong reactions are a concern. DBT-style skills teach concrete ways to tolerate distress, manage intense feelings, and improve interpersonal effectiveness. Together these approaches give both understanding and usable tools for coping.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a team effort. The therapist will work together with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and comfort level, and will adjust strategies as progress is made. Sessions aim to be collaborative, clear, and goal-directed.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues for a fuller conversation. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging work well for brief updates, coaching between sessions, or when someone prefers written communication. These options make scheduling more flexible and can help therapy fit around work, school, and family life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
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