About Renee
Dr. Renee Nelson works with people facing trauma, grief, ADHD, and major life changes. She also helps those navigating issues related to LGBT identity, chronic illness, caregiver stress, and adoption or foster care questions.
Her approach is practical and warm, aimed at helping people feel steadier and more able to cope day to day. She brings 20 years of experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC in Arizona. Sessions focus on clear goals and small steps that add up over time.
Background and approach
Expect straightforward talk, skill building, and attention to emotional safety while processing difficult experiences. Dr. Nelson uses a mix of therapies to fit each person.
She may use cognitive-behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thinking, mindfulness practices to calm the body and mind, or narrative work to make sense of painful events. EMDR may be included for people working through traumatic memories. Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth.
She helps clients identify values, set manageable actions, and practice new skills between sessions. Communication is direct but compassionate, and progress is tracked in ways that matter to the individual. People often seek her help for grief, long-term health challenges, communication problems, and feelings of emptiness or control issues.
Dr. Nelson also supports concerns such as eating-related problems, divorce and separation, or stress from caregiving. She aims to help people find more balance and clearer direction.
Therapy is offered in English and delivered through flexible formats to fit different needs. The focus is practical change, steady emotional processing, and building skills that help in daily life.
How targeted approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. It mixes practical exercises with reflection to reduce avoidance and increase meaningful action. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life behavioral changes to lessen symptoms like anxiety or low mood. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused method that guides people through processing painful memories so they feel less overwhelming.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and comfort level. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most, with input from the client at every step.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use verbal and visual cues for deeper work, while phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, accountability, and ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, manage energy around treatment, and keep momentum over time.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English