Renee Avis, LCMHC

Renee Avis is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) in North Carolina with 20 years of experience. She focuses on practical, hands-on help for stress, anxiety, depression, eating and body image concerns, ADHD, and life transitions.

Renee prefers straightforward work in sessions. She takes a client-centered stance that lets people set the pace and topics. She uses practical strategies from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside acceptance and mindfulness tools to address thoughts, emotions, and daily habits.

Her background includes work in several treatment settings, which shaped a flexible approach to care. That experience helps when someone needs coping skills for compassion fatigue, career stress, or seasonal mood shifts. Renee also supports people dealing with guilt, shame, or questions about life purpose.

Sessions aim to be collaborative and down-to-earth. Renee often helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns, test small behavior changes, and build routines that fit real life. She also brings techniques from Dialectical Behavior Therapy and motivational interviewing when emotion regulation or motivation is a primary concern.

She speaks English and practices in North Carolina. Renee encourages people to describe what feels most urgent and to set small, concrete goals. Her work emphasizes steady progress rather than quick fixes.

How her approaches work online

Renee integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to guide online work. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can ease anxiety, depression, and eating concerns. ACT emphasizes accepting difficult feelings while committing to values-based actions, useful for life transitions and motivation.

She aims to find the right fit together. During early sessions she will discuss goals, preferences, and what techniques feel useful. The process is collaborative so adjustments can be made if a strategy does not fit or new priorities arise.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and interactive skill work. Phone sessions are a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text let clients send short updates, track progress, or get brief coaching between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while keeping consistent momentum.