Renee Kerns, LCMHC - Therapist in North Carolina

About Renee

Renee Kerns is a licensed clinical mental health counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and grief. She writes in straightforward terms and focuses on practical steps a person can use at home. Parents and people juggling work and caregiving often reach out when life feels overwhelming or relationships are strained.

Renee uses a warm, listening style to learn each person's story before suggesting changes. She draws on Client-Centered Therapy to follow what feels most helpful to the client.

Background and approach

Motivational Interviewing is used to build motivation when someone feels stuck. Solution-Focused Therapy helps identify small, concrete steps to move forward. In sessions she emphasizes clear communication and building self-compassion.

She works with issues like self-esteem, anger, coping with life changes, and workplace stress. Additional areas she supports include blended family issues, caregiver stress, and concerns tied to cancer and medical caregiving. Renee holds the LCMHC credential, which stands for Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor.

She has practiced for 14 years in North Carolina and conducts work in English. Her background includes helping people manage relationship friction, financial stress, and transitions into young adulthood. The approach is collaborative and goal-oriented.

She helps clients identify small, doable strategies and tracks progress over time. People looking for practical, steady support often find this approach helpful.

How Renee's Approaches Work Online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following the client's lead. It helps when someone needs a nonjudgmental space to sort feelings and consider what matters most.

Motivational Interviewing helps people find inner reasons to change. It is useful when a client feels stuck or uncertain about making shifts in behavior or routines.

Solution-Focused Therapy targets small, practical steps that make a noticeable difference fast. It is often applied to stress, parenting challenges, and day-to-day coping.

Renee treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She will talk with clients about goals and preferences and try methods that fit their situation. Together they track what helps and adjust the plan as needed.

Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules and caregiving demands. Video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging let clients pick what works best for their life. These options make it easier to keep regular contact and practice new skills between sessions, while making therapy more accessible across distances.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Motivational Interviewing

A way of working through mixed feelings about change without being pushed. The therapist helps you weigh things up and find your own reasons, which often makes a difficult decision feel less stuck.

Solution-Focused Therapy

Rather than examining the problem at length, this looks at what is already working and builds on it. Sessions tend to be practical and forward-looking, with small achievable steps, which translates readily to shorter online conversations.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

Renee works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, self-esteem, relationship and family issues, parenting, trauma and abuse, ADHD, and related life challenges.

How would you describe her therapy style?

She uses a patient, client-centered approach and offers motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques to help clients set and reach small goals.

What is her professional background?

Renee has 14 years of experience supporting people through life transitions, caregiving stress, workplace concerns, and personal growth challenges.

Where is she licensed and what is her credential?

She holds the LCMHC credential as a licensed clinical mental health counselor in North Carolina under NC LCMHC 7713.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not accepted.

What session formats are available?

Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling based on the therapist's availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Grief
Anger management

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 14 years
Licensed: North Carolina
Languages: English

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