Renee Shacochis, LCSW-C

Renee Shacochis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW-C, practicing in Maryland with ten years of clinical experience. She works with adults experiencing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, relationship and parenting struggles, and related life changes. Sessions are conversational and focus on building a working relationship to address practical concerns.

Renee uses a client-centered approach that highlights a person's strengths while setting clear goals. She draws on several evidence-informed methods, including cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior skills, mindfulness practices, narrative work, and psychodynamic ideas to match what a person needs. The work is steady and practical - identifying patterns, trying new ways of responding, and tracking what helps.

In sessions she pays attention to communication and coping skills people can use day to day. That might include cognitive strategies for unhelpful thoughts, DBT-style skills for managing strong emotions, or mindfulness exercises to reduce reactivity. She also helps people talk through role stresses such as parenting or work pressures, and grief or career change concerns.

Renee has experience providing individual, family, and group therapy in community and clinical settings over the past decade. She emphasizes building rapport and an agreed plan before moving into focused interventions. The pace of work is collaborative and respects what a person can manage at the time.

Practical steps for starting include completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling an initial appointment. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and services are provided in English in Maryland.

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