- Years in practice
- 42
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Depression
About Renee
Renee Lewis is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with decades of clinical work in California. She brings practical, down-to-earth support to people facing relationship strain, mood struggles, trauma, or parenting concerns. Her tone is calm and respectful, and she focuses on clear goals rather than jargon.
She has 42 years of experience helping people manage anxiety, depression, grief, and stress. She also supports those coping with ADHD-related concentration and focus problems, sleeping troubles, and the aftermath of abuse.
Background and approach
Renee pays attention to how life changes, workplace pressures, and identity stressors affect daily life. In sessions she uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which means she helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try out different behaviors. Conversations are practical and aimed at small, doable changes that add up over time.
Clients work together with her to set realistic steps instead of vague promises. Renee adapts the pace and style to each person. She listens for what feels most pressing and builds a plan around those priorities.
That can include communication skills, coping tools for intense emotions, or strategies to manage sleep and focus. Her approach centers on respect, sensitivity, and compassion. She encourages people to take a steady, manageable path through divorce, infidelity, workplace strain, or parenting stress.
The emphasis is on helpful routines and clearer choices that make daily life easier.
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.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- ADHD
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Infidelity
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Renee lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How CBT and online care work together
CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and dealing with stress from life changes.When attention and focus are a concern, CBT techniques can be adapted into simple routines and practice tasks. These steps help people with concentration or ADHD-related struggles build clearer habits and manage daily tasks with less overwhelm.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try approaches that fit those needs. This makes it easier to adjust pace, tools, and homework so therapy stays practical and useful.
Online sessions offer flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls let people use visual cues for role plays and communication practice. Phone sessions are an option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick reflections, check-ins between sessions, and ongoing support without a full appointment.
Using these formats together makes therapy more accessible and easier to fit into daily life while keeping work focused on measurable steps and relationship or parenting concerns.
Questions people ask about Renee
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with relationship issues, depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, sleeping problems, parenting concerns, ADHD concentration and focus, anger, self-esteem, bipolar concerns, workplace stress, and compassion fatigue.
What is her style in therapy?
She uses a practical, down-to-earth approach. Sessions focus on noticing unhelpful thoughts and trying concrete behavior changes using cognitive behavioral therapy techniques.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 42 years of professional experience working with people on a wide range of concerns in California.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, licensed in California.
Can sessions be done in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for remote work.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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