About Daphney
Dr. Daphney Rene brings three decades of social work experience to her practice. She holds LCSW and LICSW credentials and works from New Jersey.
She focuses on grief, parenting concerns, anger, depression, and ADHD. Her manner is steady and straightforward, aimed at helping people move forward one step at a time. She begins by listening closely to each person's story and noticing strengths already present.
Sessions are practical and person-centered, with space to talk about loss, daily parenting strains, mood changes, or difficulty managing strong feelings.
Background and approach
The goal is to find small, doable skills that help in everyday life. Dr. Rene uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and try new behavior patterns.
She also draws on acceptance and commitment ideas to help people clarify values and stick with meaningful actions. Dialectical behavior strategies and a client-centered attitude help when emotions feel overwhelming. Her approach is collaborative.
She works with people to set realistic goals and adapts methods to what feels useful. Progress often means practicing new skills between sessions and checking what works. People who seek her help usually want clear steps and honest feedback.
Dr. Rene supports those coping with grief, parenting stress, anger, depression, and attention challenges, and she also addresses related concerns such as attachment issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and life transitions.
Online approaches that meet everyday needs
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then take actions that match what matters to them. It can be useful for grief, depression, and ongoing struggles that sap motivation.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches clear techniques to test and change unhelpful patterns. This approach is often used for depression, anxiety, anger, and attention challenges because it focuses on skills you can practice.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dr. Rene will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals and day-to-day life. She adapts tools from different approaches when that helps someone make steady progress.
Online sessions can make therapy fit a busy schedule. Video calls let conversations resemble in-person meetings. Phone sessions can be easier when video is not possible or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, quick skill practice, and support between longer sessions. These options give flexibility for people balancing work, family, or medical needs while accessing licensed professionals for ongoing care.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- 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
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey, New York, Alabama, North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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