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Renée Thompson, LCSW

  • Experience21 years
  • LocationFlorida
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Grief, and Parenting
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Renée

Renée Thompson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Florida who supports people coping with stress, anxiety, grief, parenting challenges, self-esteem and relationship concerns.

Background and approach

With two decades of clinical practice, she helps clients facing depression, intimacy and family issues, sleep and eating difficulties, anger, career stress, and life transitions. Her work also addresses compassion fatigue and ADHD, along with a wide range of related concerns such as abandonment, adoption and foster care matters, caregiver stress, chronic illness, blended family dynamics, and codependency.

She approaches therapy from a strengths-based, client-centered perspective that honors each person as the expert of their own life. Renée draws on Internal Family Systems alongside cognitive and emotion-focused strategies to increase self-awareness, access internal resources, and practice new ways of coping.

Her style is empathetic, nonjudgmental, and practical, aiming to identify roots of difficulty and support measurable change within a focused timeframe. Renée’s background includes extensive work with hospice and palliative care patients, grief and loss including loss to suicide, and long experience working with children and families.

She brings a combination of clinical training, lived commitment to suicide prevention advocacy, and a goal-oriented approach to help clients clarify purpose, build resiliency, and move toward healthier daily living.

How therapeutic approaches meet needs in online care

Internal Family Systems (IFS) emphasizes understanding and relating to different parts of the self, helping people compassionately explore inner conflicts and heal from wounds that fuel anxiety, grief, and relationship problems. It supports greater self-awareness and internal balance through guided exploration.

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on empathy, validation, and the client's own goals, creating space for people to discover their strengths and make meaningful choices about parenting, career, or life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers practical strategies to identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating issues, and anger management.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Renée collaborates with clients to determine which methods align best with their needs, goals, and personal preferences. She tailors the work so sessions evolve responsively as progress and challenges emerge.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging provides flexibility for scheduling and allows people to access consistent care from home or while managing busy lives. These formats make it easier to fit regular sessions into daily routines and to use various communication styles for skill practice, check-ins, and focused therapeutic work.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist commonly address?
Renée works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and family issues, parenting challenges, self-esteem, intimacy concerns, eating and sleeping problems, anger, career difficulties, compassion fatigue, and ADHD among other related topics.
How would you describe the therapeutic style and approach?
The approach emphasizes a client-centered, strengths-based stance that respects the client as the expert of their life while offering practical tools and perspectives to support change.
What is the clinician's professional background?
She has 21 years of counseling experience, extensive work with hospice and palliative care patients, and focused experience in grief counseling and loss to suicide.
Which credentials and location apply to this provider?
Renée Thompson holds the LCSW credential and is licensed in Florida under FL LCSW SW9407.
Does this therapist offer services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are provided in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available for working together?
Clients can meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference and scheduling.
How are sessions priced and billed?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin therapy with this clinician?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyGriefParenting issuesSelf esteemDepression

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersAnger managementCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSocial anxiety and phobiaTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

21+ years

Licensed

Florida

Languages

English