- Years in practice
- 27
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Sleeping disorders
About Renee
Renee Giegel is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia with 27 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with things like addiction, sleep problems, low self-esteem, depression, grief, and parenting stresses. Renee aims to make it easier to talk about hard things and to take practical steps forward.
She creates a welcoming space where clients can share thoughts and feelings without judgment. Sessions focus on clear goals and small, doable changes that fit each person's life.
Background and approach
Renee uses listening and guided conversation to build understanding before suggesting new ways to cope. Her work draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. She also uses client-centered listening to follow what matters most to the person in the room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is used when people want concrete tools to change habits and thoughts. Renee has supported people through trauma, eating and intimacy-related struggles, anger, and career transitions. She also helps with caregiving stress, chronic illness concerns, and issues linked to adoption or abandonment.
Her broad experience means she can often spot patterns quickly and suggest focused strategies. Clients who prefer remote options can connect by phone, video, live chat, or text-based messaging. Starting normally involves a short matching step and scheduling that fits the client's calendar.
Renee encourages realistic goals and steady progress over time.
What Renee works with
Everything Renee lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Renee helps people with.
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Renee lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic Approaches and Remote Care
Renee commonly draws on attachment-based therapy to look at how relationships from the past shape present patterns, helping people notice repeating dynamics and try different interaction habits. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, to identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes that can reduce symptoms like low mood or sleep problems.Choosing the right approach is a joint process. The therapist and client talk about concerns, goals, and what feels most workable. Together they try methods, adjust pace, and pick tools that fit the person’s life and priorities.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for a fuller conversation and seeing nonverbal cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, goal tracking, or when someone prefers written reflection. These options make it easier to meet regularly and to fit therapy into a busy schedule.
Questions people ask about Renee
What concerns does she help with?
She helps people with addictions, trauma and abuse, sleeping issues, self-esteem, depression, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating concerns, anger, career transitions, bipolar challenges, ADHD, and parenting-related stress among other topics.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is warm and collaborative, focusing on listening first and then working toward practical steps. She uses goal-oriented tools when helpful and follows the client’s priorities.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 27 years of professional work experience in counseling and related settings.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, licensed in Virginia.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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