Dr. Renee Nelson , LPC

Dr. Renee Nelson is a licensed professional counselor with 20 years of experience. She helps people facing LGBT-related concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, major life changes, and ADHD. She practices in Arizona and sees people in English. Her sessions focus on practical steps people can use right away. She helps clients name what feels hardest, try new ways of coping, and track small progress over time. The work is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Dr. Nelson uses several evidence-based approaches. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports values-driven action when feelings are intense. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing can be used for trauma processing alongside mindfulness practices to build present-moment awareness. Her background includes two decades of clinical work with adults facing complex health, relationship, and life-stage challenges. She has helped people navigate chronic illness, caregiving stress, adoption and foster care issues, and divorce or separation. That experience informs how she tailors strategies to daily life. Therapy is offered in multiple online formats to fit different needs. Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. The service uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and cost varies with location and therapist availability.

Therapeutic approaches for online care

Dr. Nelson commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors that keep problems going, which can help with anxiety, mood, and ADHD-related patterns. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy teaches how to act in line with personal values even when uncomfortable emotions arise, which is useful for grief, life transitions, and ongoing stress.

She also integrates EMDR for trauma processing when appropriate, combining it with mindfulness techniques to help people stay grounded while working through difficult memories. Choosing the right approach is a joint process - the therapist and client review goals, preferences, and how symptoms show up, then select methods that fit day-to-day life.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth work and visual cues, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, chat suits quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make scheduling easier and let people pick what matches their routine and comfort.