Renee Rhoades

Renee Rhoades is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, and anger. She works with clients who are navigating life changes, mood concerns, addiction challenges, and issues related to LGBT identity. Renee speaks plainly and meets each person where they are during the first steps of therapy.

Renee tailors conversations and plans to fit each person’s needs. She focuses on clear goals and practical steps people can try between sessions. Her style is respectful, sensitive, and compassionate, with attention to what matters most to the client.

With 18 years of experience as a clinician, Renee draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address a wide range of concerns. That experience includes helping people cope with parenting stress, career transitions, chronic illness, and trauma and abuse. She supports people dealing with intimacy-related issues, self-esteem struggles, and compassion fatigue.

She also works with people facing complex or long-term challenges such as bipolar disorder, co-morbidity, attachment-related problems, and aging or caregiver stress. Renee is familiar with concerns tied to body image, blended family dynamics, and alternative sexual cultures like BDSM and kink.

Renee is licensed in Colorado as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, and also holds the CSW designation. She offers services in English and accepts international clients. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.

How therapeutic methods translate to online work

Renee uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and clear goals. One common approach helps people learn coping strategies for anxiety and stress, teaching breathing, grounding, and behavior steps to reduce overwhelm. Another approach focuses on processing grief, loss, or trauma through guided conversation and pacing so people can manage strong emotions in smaller steps.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Renee will work with each person to decide which techniques fit their goals, needs, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress is made. The therapist encourages regular check-ins about what is working and what needs to change.

The main practical benefit of online therapy is fitting sessions into everyday life. That can make it easier to schedule appointments around work, caregiving, or medical needs and reduce travel time. Because this biography does not list specific session formats, confirm the available options before booking so you know how you will meet. Online work can include goal-focused check-ins, skills practice between meetings, and support during periods of transition without requiring a commute.