Renee Giegel, LPC

Renee Giegel is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia with 27 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing addictions, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, low self-esteem, depression, and other life challenges. Her style is direct and supportive, aimed at helping clients take practical steps toward feeling better.

Renee creates an open, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through painful memories and daily struggles. She helps clients name what feels hard, set realistic goals, and practice new ways of coping. Sessions focus on what the client needs right now rather than on jargon or long theories.

Her background includes long experience across a wide range of concerns. That history gives her a broad toolkit to draw on when a client needs practical strategies for mood, sleep, motivation, or relationship issues. She partners with clients so changes fit into everyday life.

Renee uses approaches that help people understand attachment patterns, recognize unhelpful thoughts, and build mindful awareness of feelings and body sensations. She also brings a client-centered stance that keeps the person’s goals front and center. Together, therapist and client decide what to try and adjust plans as progress is made.

She works in English and practices in Virginia. To begin, people choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to availability.

How Renee’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Attachment-Based Therapy tends to focus on how early relationships shape current patterns. In sessions this looks like talking about important relationships, noticing how they influence feelings, and practicing new ways of connecting. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It often includes short exercises between sessions to try out different reactions and track what changes.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Renee works with each person to match methods to their goals and preferences. She will suggest approaches, check in about what feels useful, and adjust the work as needed so it fits the person’s life and needs.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when that is helpful, and reduce travel time. It can also accommodate people who prefer working from a familiar setting or who need to schedule sessions around work or caregiving. Licensed professionals generally use a mix of conversation, worksheets, and practical homework that translate well to remote sessions, and Renee adapts exercises so clients can apply them between meetings.