Renee Giegel, LPC

Renee Giegel is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia with 27 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are feeling stuck by listening closely and offering practical ways to move forward.

She commonly helps with addictions, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, low self-esteem, depression, grief, and relationship and intimacy concerns. She also supports people facing career changes, caregiver stress, eating or body image issues, ADHD, and the challenges of major life transitions.

In sessions she aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be spoken plainly. Conversations focus on what matters most to the person in front of her, and on small, manageable steps toward improvement.

Her work draws on cognitive behavioral approaches to notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior. She also uses attachment-based and client-centered ideas to strengthen relationships and build self-understanding, plus mindfulness and existential perspectives for meaning and coping.

Renee blends practical strategies with steady support. She helps people set goals, try new ways of coping, and track progress over time. The emphasis is on real-life changes that fit each person’s situation.

People who prefer clear feedback, collaborative planning, and straightforward tools often find her style helpful. She offers sessions in English and practices in Virginia as an LPC.

How her approaches translate to online care

Renee uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT is practical and works well for concerns like anxiety, depression, sleep problems, addictions, and mood shifts by breaking problems into clear steps and experiments.

She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to understand how early relationships affect current connections and patterns. This helps when relationship trust, intimacy, or attachment worries are getting in the way of daily life. In addition, her client-centered focus emphasizes listening, empathy, and working at the client’s pace to build confidence and clarity.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to choose strategies that fit their goals, values, and day-to-day needs. That means trying approaches, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video makes it easier to read facial cues and hold longer sessions. Phone sessions can be lower bandwidth and easier to fit around work. Live chat or text-based messaging can be useful for brief check-ins, homework prompts, or when typing feels more comfortable than talking. These options aim to make care more flexible and easier to fit into busy lives.