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Renee Lewis

Renee Lewis

LMFT

Therapist · California · 42+ years of experience

Experienced LMFT focusing on practical change

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  • Relationship support
  • CBT approach
  • Longterm experience

About Renee

Renee Lewis is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 42 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are struggling with relationship problems, grief, depression, anxiety, anger, and stress. Renee also supports people dealing with concentration and focus challenges often associated with ADHD. She approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion.

Renee builds a treatment plan that fits each person's specific situation. Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps people can use between meetings. She pays attention to communication patterns and how past trauma or life changes affect current relationships and mood.

Her work often includes tools from cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Renee uses those tools to help people change unhelpful habits and cope more effectively. She also addresses sleep problems, workplace stress, and issues tied to life transitions.

People come to her for help with parenting strain, infertility of relationships like separation or infidelity, and the emotional fallout from traumatic events. She tailors discussions to each person's pace and needs. Sessions aim to be practical, steady, and centered on what the person wants to change.

Renee recognizes that starting therapy feels hard. She offers a calm, steady presence and focuses on straightforward strategies that people can try right away. The goal is clearer thinking, better communication, and more manageable day-to-day coping.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyLGBTFamily conflictsGriefSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

Therapeutic approaches

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Experience

42+ years

Credentials

California

Languages

English

Using CBT and Practical Strategies for Online Care

Renee regularly uses cognitive behavioral therapy, a method that connects thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing small changes in behavior to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression, or anger. It gives clear steps people can try between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Renee will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and choose tools that fit those needs. That decision is collaborative and can change as progress is made.

Confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to schedule sessions around work, school, or family life. It also lets people use strategies in the moment and practice skills in real-world settings. Therapists can adapt homework, check-ins, and skill-building exercises to fit a person's day-to-day routine, helping therapy feel practical and usable.

At a glance

Listed location
California
Experience
42+ years
Credentials
LMFT
Languages
English
License (California)
LMFT · No. 18434
NPI
1063445815

As listed by the therapist. You can check a license with the state board and an NPI with the national registry.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Renee address?

She works with relationship issues, trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety, anger, stress, grief, sleep problems, ADHD-related focus concerns, and related workplace or life-change issues.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Renee uses a practical, goal-focused style that blends conversation with tools to change habits and thoughts. Sessions aim to be respectful, sensitive, and solution oriented.

What is her professional background?

She has 42 years of professional experience supporting people with relationship, mood, trauma, and concentration concerns.

What are her credentials and location?

She is an LMFT licensed in California and sees clients in that state.

Which languages are offered for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the U.S. work with her?

She is not accepting international clients at this time.

How does billing and cost work?

Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin therapy with her?

Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Before you start

  • Online talk therapy is not a court-ordered or mandated anger-management course, and it does not provide attendance certificates.
  • Check that the location and license details above fit where you live.
  • If anyone is at risk of being harmed, contact emergency services or a domestic-abuse helpline first. See the support lines for the US, UK and Australia.
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