Renee Wells

Compassionate counselor offering practical tools

LPC Michigan

Experience: 20 years in practice
Focus areas: Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Grief
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Languages: English

About Renee

Renee Wells is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with two decades of experience helping people navigate intense emotions and life transitions. She focuses on reducing anxiety, stress, and fear that interfere with daily functioning, often tracing these struggles to trauma, loss, or other painful experiences.

Background and approach

Her work also addresses depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, ADHD, addictions, and a wide range of related concerns such as body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and communication problems. Her counseling style is collaborative, compassionate, and non-judgmental, creating space for clients to explore difficult feelings and build practical coping skills.

Renee integrates cognitive behavioral techniques alongside acceptance-based and attachment-informed approaches, and draws on dialectical behavior ideas when clients need emotional regulation and distress-tolerance strategies. She offers flexible session formats and tailors interventions to each person’s goals, viewing therapy as a partnership aimed at meaningful change.

Based in Michigan, Renee brings practical experience and a client-centered focus to help people gain greater clarity, manage symptoms, and move toward a more balanced life. She welcomes clients who want structured tools as well as those seeking a supportive, empathetic therapeutic relationship.

Approaches That Guide Online Therapy

Renee commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety, depressive symptoms, and problematic coping habits. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to support people in clarifying values, accepting difficult thoughts and feelings, and committing to actions that align with their goals. Attachment-Based Therapy informs work around relational patterns and early attachment wounds, helping clients improve closeness and trust in relationships.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works together with each client to assess needs, preferences, and treatment goals, then tailors methods and pacing so the plan fits the person rather than forcing a single technique.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to maximize flexibility and accessibility. These formats make it easier to fit therapeutic work into busy schedules, enable continuity when travel or life events intervene, and allow people to access consistent support from licensed professionals without needing an in-person visit.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist commonly address?

She works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related problems, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting and career concerns, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and coping with life changes.

What is her therapeutic approach and style?

The approach is collaborative and non-judgmental, blending client-centered work with evidence-based methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to fit each client’s needs.

How much experience does the therapist have?

She brings 20 years of professional experience in the mental health field, applying that background to a variety of emotional, behavioral, and life transition challenges.

What credentials and location information are available?

She holds the credential LPC with license number MI LPC 6401007339 and practices in Michigan.

Can clients work with her in languages other than English or from other countries?

Services are offered in English only, and she is not accepting international clients at this time.

Which session formats does she offer?

She provides multiple online session formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences.

How is cost handled for sessions?

Cost varies with client location and therapist availability; sessions are offered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What steps are required to begin therapy?

To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist’s availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety Trauma and abuse Grief Self esteem Depression

Also works with

AddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue ADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCD Panic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationVisually impairedWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Gottman MethodImago Relationship TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

20+ years

Licensed

Michigan

Languages

English