Renee Giegel, LPC
Virginia · 27 years in practice
Renee Giegel is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia with 27 years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LPC, Virginia
- 0701005357 · expires June 2026
- NPI
- 1528312873 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 27
- Languages
- English
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About Renee
Renee Giegel is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia with 27 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are dealing with depression, addiction, trouble sleeping, low self-esteem, grief, and other hard problems. She aims to make the first step easier for someone who wants a more fulfilling life.
Renee creates an open space where clients can talk about thoughts and feelings without fear of judgment. She listens closely and focuses on what matters most to each person.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize practical steps and clearer understanding rather than jargon or tests. Her style draws on existential ideas about meaning, attachment-based perspectives on relationships, and client-centered methods that follow the client's pace. She also uses cognitive behavioral strategies and mindfulness tools when they fit the work.
This mix helps people manage symptoms while looking at what gives their life direction. Renee has worked with a wide range of concerns over nearly three decades, including trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting stresses, career transitions, ADHD, and chronic health challenges. She also addresses areas like abandonment, adoption and foster care, body image, caregiver stress, and codependency.
In sessions she balances listening, gentle challenge, and practical coping ideas. The focus is on clear goals and small steps that feel doable. People who want straightforward conversation and a therapist who adapts to their needs may find her approach helpful.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Renee lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating 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
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- 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
- 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
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- 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
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Renee names
- Existential Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- 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
Approach and online options for meaningful change
Renee often blends Existential Therapy with Attachment-Based and Client-Centered approaches. Existential Therapy looks at meaning, choice, and purpose to help people facing life transitions, loss, or questions about direction. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how past and current relationships shape feelings and behavior, which is useful for intimacy, abandonment, and communication issues. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and following the client’s pace so people feel heard and can build goals that fit their lives.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Renee collaborates with each person to identify goals and choose methods that match their needs and preferences. She adjusts the balance of reflection, practical skills, and interpersonal focus as the therapy progresses so the plan stays useful and relevant.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make counseling flexible. Video calls let for face-to-face conversation when visual connection helps, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options let people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other busy schedules while keeping the focus on steady progress.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she help with?
She supports people facing depression, addictions, trauma, sleep problems, low self-esteem, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, and many other life challenges listed in her specialties.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her work combines existential thinking about meaning, attachment-based attention to relationships, client-centered listening, and practical techniques like CBT and mindfulness when helpful.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 27 years of professional experience as a counselor in Virginia.
What credentials and location apply?
She holds LPC credentials and practices in Virginia.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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