About Renee
Renee LaVigne is a licensed master social worker (LMSW) practicing in Michigan with 25 years of clinical experience. She uses an approachable, person-focused style to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, and addiction concerns. Renee also supports people facing relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, career stress, and low self-esteem.
Her work centers on practical skills and steady support. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and client-centered techniques.
How Renee works
Sessions emphasize clearer thinking, manageable steps, and real-world strategies rather than medical jargon. Renee often helps people navigate life transitions such as divorce, blended family challenges, caregiver strain, or career change. She pays attention to how shame, guilt, abandonment, and codependency can affect daily functioning and relationships.
She also addresses specific concerns like infidelity, communication problems, commitment issues, and body image struggles. In sessions clients can expect to explore patterns, set achievable goals, and practice new ways of responding to difficult thoughts and emotions. Renee values collaboration and tailors approaches to each person’s needs.
Early work typically focuses on building a working relationship through video or phone so that brief messages and check-ins can follow. Renee aims to help people find more balance and clearer direction in life. She offers steady guidance while helping clients build skills they can use between sessions.
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What Renee works with
The areas below are the ones Renee selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for remote care
Renee uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and client-centered methods to guide online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck on them and then commit to actions that match their values. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and supporting people to find their own solutions and build self-understanding.She also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help people spot unhelpful thought patterns and practice different behaviors. These approaches can help with anxiety, depression, relationship stress, and coping with big life changes. Renee treats finding the right approach as a team effort and will discuss options with each person to decide what fits their goals and preferences.
Online therapy with Renee is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for follow-ups. Video sessions are useful for face-to-face conversation and building rapport. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief updates, questions between sessions, and keeping momentum on skills practiced in therapy.
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