- Guilt and shame focus
- Trauma recovery methods
- Grief and life transitions
About Renee
Dr. Renee Nelson is an Arizona licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 20 years of clinical experience. She works with people carrying guilt and shame, trauma and abuse, grief, ADHD, and life changes. She also lists work with LGBT concerns and a wide range of related issues.
She offers steady, practical support when emotions feel overwhelming. Sessions focus on clear goals and simple skills. She uses plain talk to help people name what happened and what they want to change.
Her background includes long experience with trauma recovery and chronic illness. She draws on methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to guide work on painful memories and repetitive self-blame.
In sessions she helps people notice thoughts and feelings, test unhelpful beliefs, and try new behaviors. Work can include grounding for strong reactions, reprocessing difficult memories, and building routines that reduce daily strain. She also addresses relationship communication and caregiving stress when those issues feed guilt or shame.
Renee describes her style as collaborative. She helps clients set achievable steps and track small changes. Practical tools and brief experiments are common parts of the work, alongside deeper processing when needed.
People who want to begin are asked to follow the site's booking flow to match and schedule a first session. Sessions are conducted in English and reflect her years practicing in Arizona.
How her approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and choose actions that align with their values despite the discomfort. It is useful for persistent guilt and for choosing new behavior paths. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses brief experiments to test unhelpful beliefs that keep shame alive. EMDR supports processing of traumatic memories by pairing focused memory work with guided bilateral stimulation and can reduce the intensity of past events.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. That may mean starting with skills practice, then adding memory-focused work, or the reverse, depending on what feels most helpful.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Licensed professionals can use a mix of skills practice, reflective conversation, and trauma processing exercises in remote sessions to help clients reduce rumination and build manageable routines.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Arizona
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with guilt and shame, trauma and abuse, grief, ADHD, LGBT concerns, and coping with life changes, plus many related stressors.
How would she approach shame from childhood?
She combines gentle exploration with practical skills, using approaches like mindfulness and narrative work to name childhood wounds and reduce their hold on daily life.
What is her clinical background and experience?
She is a licensed professional counselor with 20 years of experience, including extensive work in trauma recovery and chronic illness contexts.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is an LPC licensed in Arizona and practices there.
In what language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Confirm current session options before booking since the original biography does not list specific formats.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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