About Renee
Renee Sharper is a licensed counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship troubles, trauma, and depression. She brings seven years of experience to everyday struggles and long-standing patterns alike. Renee speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
She believes people know their own stories and already have strengths to build on. Sessions are collaborative and goal-focused, with space to talk through fears, grief, or patterns that keep coming back.
Background and approach
Renee aims to make therapy feel manageable and direct rather than overwhelming. Her approach draws on methods that teach skills and awareness. She uses tools to help people notice unhelpful thoughts, try new responses, and commit to small changes that matter.
Work can include identifying attachment patterns, learning coping skills for anxiety, or practicing ways to stay present under stress. Renee has a background working with a range of concerns from addictions and anger to life transitions and career questions. She also supports people dealing with abandonment, codependency, divorce, and issues related to first responder and veteran experiences.
Her style balances clear techniques with steady support. Sessions are offered in English and are provided from Texas. Renee describes therapy as a team effort where clients set the pace and goals.
She helps people move from feeling stuck toward choices that fit their values and daily life.
Approaches that translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy involves noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and choosing actions that align with personal values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and making choices during life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce distress and improve coping. It is often useful for anxiety, depression, and stress management.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Renee will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. Sessions can mix approaches so the plan matches what someone needs and what feels most useful in daily life.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people practice skills in real time and see nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Text or chat formats work well for shorter check-ins, journaling between sessions, and staying connected on progress. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Infidelity
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Texas, Iowa
- Languages
- English
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