About Renee
Renee Shacochis welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or uncertain about how to move forward. She frames therapy as a practical, respectful space where a person can name what is hard and try small, manageable changes.
Renee holds an MD and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Clinical (LCSW-C) practicing in Maryland and brings ten years of clinical experience to her work. Her sessions focus on clear, compassionate listening first.
How Renee works
She uses a client-centered way of working that starts with a person's own goals and strengths. From there she may introduce tools drawn from cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thinking and from dialectical behavior ideas to help manage strong emotions. Renee also incorporates mindfulness and narrative approaches to help people connect with values and reframe difficult stories about themselves.
She aims to build a steady therapeutic relationship where trust grows and change becomes possible. She explains steps plainly and checks in often about pacing and goals. In practice this can look like learning skills for anxiety, sorting out relationship and parenting stress, or working through grief and life transitions.
Sessions may include problem-focused exercises, guided reflection, and homework to try between meetings. Renee adapts her approach to each person's needs and preferences. She offers sessions by video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging.
New people start by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first appointment based on availability.
Renee lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
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
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Self esteem
Training and background
| Registers | MD, LCSW-C |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maryland |
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Online support options
How Renee’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy begins by listening closely to what matters to the person and shaping sessions around their goals and strengths. It helps when someone wants a practical, respectful plan rather than a one-size-fits-all approach.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavioral changes to reduce anxiety or depression symptoms. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. Both approaches are goal-oriented and can be used in short lessons during online sessions.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to figure out which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level, and can adjust the mix over time based on what is helpful.
Online therapy provides flexible ways to connect: video calls for face-to-face conversations, phone sessions when bandwidth is limited, live chat for quicker check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to practice new skills in real time.
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