Renee Kerns , LCMHC

Renee Kerns is a licensed therapist in North Carolina with 14 years of experience helping people navigate emotional and relational challenges. As an LCMHC - Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor - she focuses on depression, anxiety, grief, and self-esteem concerns through an empathic, client-centered stance that honors each person’s story.

Renee frequently works with individuals facing workplace stress, young adult transitions, family relationship difficulties, and caregiver strain. She places particular emphasis on supporting women through transformative personal journeys, including cultivating self-love, strengthening communication, and healing from difficult experiences. Her practice also addresses anger, trauma and abuse, parenting and blended family issues, career and financial concerns, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and other life changes.

In sessions Renee combines practical problem-solving with emotional support so clients can build resilience and healthier relationships with themselves and others. She aims to create a collaborative space where people can explore growth, process grief, manage stress, and pursue personal empowerment while receiving steady professional guidance and genuine care.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Renee draws on client-centered therapy, which centers the conversation on the individual's needs and values and helps people explore identity, self-esteem, and relationships in a supportive environment. Motivational interviewing is used to gently strengthen a person's own motivation for change by exploring ambivalence and building commitment to practical steps forward. Solution-focused therapy emphasizes identifying goals and small, achievable strategies so clients can notice progress and apply what works to challenges like stress, relationship conflicts, or caregiving demands.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Renee works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods fit their goals, preferences, and current circumstances, adjusting techniques as progress unfolds so the work feels relevant and achievable.

Online therapy with Renee offers flexibility - sessions can take place by video call or phone, and additional support is available through live chat or text-based messaging. This range of options helps people fit therapy into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life transitions, and access licensed professionals from their own locations.