Renee Kerns, LCMHC
North Carolina · 14 years in practice
Renee Kerns is a licensed clinician who helps people in North Carolina manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and issues around self-esteem.
License and registration
- LCMHC, North Carolina
- 7713 · expires June 2027
- NPI
- 1477883940 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 14
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Renee
Renee Kerns is a licensed clinician who helps people in North Carolina manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and issues around self-esteem. She offers straightforward support for day-to-day struggles and bigger life transitions. Her approach aims to make therapy feel approachable and doable for busy people and parents reading on a phone.
Renee brings 14 years of clinical experience to her work and focuses on practical, short-term goals. She helps clients break problems into manageable steps and build small routines that reduce overwhelm.
Background and approach
Topics often include workplace stress, young adult transitions, caregiving strain, and relationship or communication problems. She pays close attention to the client’s story and what matters most in their life. Sessions typically center on listening, asking clarifying questions, and identifying concrete next steps.
The goal is clearer thinking, better coping, and actions that fit each person’s daily life. Renee also works with issues like trauma and abuse, blended family dynamics, compassion fatigue, and challenges tied to cancer or chronic caregiver roles. She supports people working through forgiveness, control issues, money stress, and women’s issues with a steady, practical style.
Her sessions use client-centered, motivational, and solution-focused techniques to help people set goals and notice progress. Renee favors an honest, calm tone and tries to leave each session with one or two useful things to try before the next meeting.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Renee lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Money and financial issues
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Renee names
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Online support
Approach-driven online therapy that fits your life
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely to each person's experience and following their lead. It helps people feel heard and work toward goals they set themselves, which is useful for issues like anxiety, low self-esteem, and relationship stress.Motivational interviewing is a conversational method that helps people clarify what they want to change and why. It supports steps forward for concerns such as depression, coping with life changes, or improving health-related behaviors.
Solution-focused therapy zeroes in on practical next steps and small, achievable goals. It works well when someone needs fast, actionable strategies for stress, workplace problems, or parenting challenges.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk through options and adjust methods based on the person's goals, preferences, and how they respond in early sessions. This collaborative planning helps match techniques to real-life needs rather than following a single formula.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different days and routines. Video is good for a deeper conversation, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a quick check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflections between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or school schedules while keeping focus on practical change and steady progress.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Renee commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem, anger, trauma and abuse, and parenting-related strain. Additional focuses include workplace issues, caregiver stress, blended family issues, and women's concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is client-centered, meaning sessions start with listening to the person's story. She uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused strategies to set goals and find workable steps forward.
How much experience does she have?
Renee has 14 years of experience working with a range of life challenges and transitions. That background informs a practical, steady approach to problem solving and coping.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCMHC, which stands for Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, practicing in North Carolina.
Can sessions be held in other languages or for international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she offer?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are involved in beginning therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. Then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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