Renee Lafriniere, LMHC, LPCC

Renee Lafriniere is a licensed mental health counselor and licensed professional clinical counselor with 25 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, and life changes. Renee aims to make sessions clear and practical so people can use what they learn right away.

She uses a straightforward, compassionate style that centers each person’s experience and goals. Sessions often address communication skills, coping strategies, and ways to manage mood and anxiety. Renee also helps people facing grief, caregiving and end-of-life decisions, addiction concerns, and career transitions.

Her work includes attention to family dynamics, blended family issues, parenting stress, and challenges linked to aging and geriatric concerns. She also addresses multicultural concerns, postpartum mood changes, seasonal affective disorder, and questions about life purpose. Renee emphasizes helping people reduce isolation and manage guilt or shame.

Renee draws from Client-Centered Therapy to keep the focus on the person’s needs and from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify useful thought and behavior changes. She collaborates with each person to create practical steps and strategies that fit everyday life. Her background across many areas gives a flexible approach for different concerns.

Renee practices in Florida as an LMHC and as an LPCC. She communicates in English and aims to support people working through both immediate problems and longer-term changes.

How Renee’s Approaches Work Online

Client-Centered Therapy puts the person’s experience at the center of sessions. It focuses on listening, reflecting, and helping people name what matters most. This approach is useful for people who need a supportive space to sort emotions and make decisions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going. CBT uses practical exercises and small experiments to test new ways of thinking and behaving, which can help with anxiety, depression, and mood management.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Renee collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and daily life. The therapist will adjust strategies over time based on what is helping and what is not.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to maintain continuity through life transitions. It can also allow shorter check-ins when time is limited or let people choose simpler, lower-bandwidth options if needed. Licensed professionals can often help people translate in-person tools into useful steps for home life and day-to-day routines.