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LCMHC

Renee Kerns, LCMHC

  • Experience14 years
  • LocationNorth Carolina
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Grief
  • Therapy approachesClient-Centered Therapy and Motivational Interviewing
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About Renee

Renee Kerns is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) practicing in North Carolina who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and self-esteem challenges. With 14 years of experience, she works with individuals facing relationship and family tensions, caregiver strain, workplace difficulties, and life transitions.

Background and approach

Renee also addresses concerns such as trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and issues common to young adults and women seeking greater self-love and resilience. Her style emphasizes empathy and collaboration, creating a space where clients can explore goals, build coping skills, and strengthen communication.

Renee draws on client-centered techniques to honor each person’s perspective, uses motivational interviewing to support change, and applies solution-focused strategies to identify practical steps forward. She blends these methods to tailor care to the needs presented in sessions.

Renee aims to support emotional recovery and personal growth while helping clients develop tools for everyday challenges. Whether someone is navigating grief, career stress, blended family dynamics, or financial worries, she offers steady guidance and goal-oriented work designed to move clients toward more sustainable balance and well-being.

Approach and Accessibility in Online Care



Client-centered therapy places the client's perspective at the center of work, emphasizing empathy and respect as the therapist helps individuals explore feelings and priorities. This approach supports people dealing with grief, self-esteem concerns, relationship challenges, and broader life transitions by tailoring the pace and focus to each person’s needs.

Motivational interviewing focuses on strengthening a person’s own motivation to make changes. It uses reflective listening and gentle guidance to help clarify goals and resolve ambivalence, which can be useful for addressing stress, workplace changes, caregiving demands, and other situations where a person wants to shift habits or behaviors.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and the therapist works collaboratively with clients to determine what methods fit best based on goals, preferences, and what emerges in sessions. That collaborative process helps shape an individualized plan that may combine elements from different approaches over time.

Online formats such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging offer flexibility for scheduling and make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. These options allow ongoing work to continue even when in-person meetings are impractical, supporting consistent progress and accessible follow-up between appointments.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Renee commonly help with?
She addresses stress, anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem, relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, caregiver and compassion fatigue, ADHD, workplace issues, and other life transitions.
What therapeutic style does she use in sessions?
Her approach is collaborative and client-centered, using motivational interviewing to support change and solution-focused techniques to identify concrete steps and goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 14 years of experience working with people through a range of emotional and life challenges.
Where is she licensed and what are her credentials?
She holds the credential LCMHC and is licensed in North Carolina with NC LCMHC 7713.
Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are provided in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available for online work?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to her availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyGriefAnger managementSelf esteemDepression

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseParenting issuesCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Blended family issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressCommunication problemsControl issuesDomestic violenceFamily problemsForgivenessMoney and financial issuesSelf-loveWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

14+ years

Licensed

North Carolina

Languages

English

What Renee can help with

Renee Kerns works with clients on stress and anxiety, grief, anger management, self esteem, and depression.

Renee works with clients navigating depression, anxiety, grief, and self-esteem concerns.

How Renee approaches therapy

Renee's clinical approaches include Client-Centered Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy.

Experience and training

Renee is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor practicing in North Carolina, with 14 years of clinical experience.