About Renee
Renee Adams uses client-centered and solution-focused approaches to help people manage depression, anxiety, stress, and life transitions. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and brings 13 years of experience in California to each session. Renee writes plainly and aims to make therapy feel approachable and practical for busy parents and adults.
She has worked in many settings including the legal system, inpatient and outpatient mental health, and hospital environments.
How Renee works
Those experiences shaped her understanding of how people cope under pressure and where they find strength. She treats concerns like mood disorders, postpartum depression, social anxiety, and workplace stress with a focus on what helps now. Renee believes clients are the experts on their own stories.
Sessions center on the client’s goals and existing strengths, with Renee offering guidance to build practical steps forward. Solution-focused methods help break problems into manageable parts and find workable changes quickly. She also supports people facing caregiver stress, adoption and foster care issues, first responder challenges, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and veteran or armed forces issues.
Therapy addresses self-esteem, career questions, pregnancy and childbirth transitions, and coping after major life changes. Sessions are offered in English and delivered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Renee works with each person to set realistic goals, track progress, and adjust the plan as needs change.
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What Renee works with
The areas below are the ones Renee selected when setting up a profile. The first one is listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Mood disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How client-centered and solution-focused care works online
Client-centered therapy places the person and their experience at the center of each session. The therapist listens carefully, reflects what matters most, and helps the person set goals that feel meaningful. This approach is useful for addressing feelings of depression, stress, and low self-esteem.Solution-focused therapy concentrates on small, practical steps that lead to change. It looks for past successes and builds on existing strengths to solve current problems. This method often helps with workplace stress, social anxiety, and navigating life transitions by keeping the work short-term and goal-oriented.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. Renee will collaborate with each person to identify which methods fit their goals and preferences. Together they will review progress and adjust the plan as needed, so therapy remains practical and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are good for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can work better when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging allow shorter, flexible check-ins that fit around work or caregiving duties. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing daily life.
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