Renee Wells, LPC
Therapist in Michigan
Renee Wells is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on helping people who feel stuck by stress, anxiety, or painful past events.
- Licensed inMichigan
- License6401007339
- NPI 1427488691
- Experience20+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Renee
Renee Wells is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on helping people who feel stuck by stress, anxiety, or painful past events. She uses a calm, nonjudgmental approach so clients can speak honestly about what troubles them. Her style aims to create room for growth without pressure or quick fixes.
With twenty years in mental health, Renee has worked with many concerns including trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and challenges with self-esteem.
Background and approach
She also supports those facing addiction, problems with sleep or eating, and people coping with major life changes. Her background includes work with attachment issues, adoption and foster care topics, and caregiver stress. Renee blends several practical methods to meet each person where they are.
She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to look at thoughts and behaviors, Dialectical Behavior Therapy for emotion management, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and actions, and Attachment-Based Therapy to address relational patterns. Sessions are collaborative and tailored to individual goals. Clients can expect straightforward tools to reduce symptoms and day-to-day strategies to handle triggers.
Renee also offers coaching-style support for career and life transitions when helpful. She explains options and helps people choose approaches that fit their needs. Renee practices in Michigan and conducts sessions in English.
She aims to be an attentive ally through the ups and downs of change, and she invites clients to take the next step toward clearer thinking and more manageable days.
Credentials
- LPC (Michigan)
- License 6401007339 · expires July 2026
- NPI
- 1427488691 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Renee lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Renee names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How attachment work and behavior change translate online
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people notice how those patterns affect feelings and reactions. It can help when trust, abandonment fears, or repeated hurt show up in day-to-day life. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to a person and taking small steps toward those values while accepting difficult thoughts and feelings. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and big life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches concrete skills to identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going, which is helpful for anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating difficulties.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Renee will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals and preferences. She often mixes approaches so clients get both skills and deeper relational insight. The plan can change as progress is made and new needs arise.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you see facial cues and practice new interaction patterns. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins, skill practice, and scheduling simpler between longer sessions. These options help fit therapy into work, caregiving, and other daily demands while keeping therapy focused on measurable steps and emotional growth.
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Frequently asked
What issues does Renee commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and self-esteem concerns, among many other challenges such as addiction, sleep and eating problems, and career transitions.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is nonjudgmental, collaborative, and compassionate. Sessions focus on clear, practical steps and emotional understanding rather than long lectures.
What kind of experience does she bring?
She has twenty years of experience in the mental health field, working with a wide range of concerns including attachment issues, adoption and foster care topics, and caregiver stress.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC - licensed in Michigan. Her practice is based in Michigan.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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