- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- MD, LCSW-C
- Licensed in
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Renee
Renee Shacochis is a Maryland-based licensed clinician who helps parents manage stress and the everyday demands of raising children. She brings ten years of experience and combines practical tools with a calm, respectful approach. Parents turn to her for help with anxiety, parenting struggles, grief, and changes that feel overwhelming.
Renee uses a client-centered style that starts with listening. She helps people set realistic goals and choose strategies that fit their life.
Background and approach
Her work often draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and on mindfulness to build calm and focus. She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion-regulation and distress-tolerance skills. Narrative therapy shows up in sessions when reframing a parent’s story helps reduce blame and increase agency.
These methods are chosen to match each person’s needs rather than applied the same way for everyone. Renee earned her Master of Social Work with a concentration in clinical mental health from the University of Maryland Baltimore in 2011.
She holds an MD and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Certified (LCSW-C) in Maryland, and she has worked in individual, group, and family settings across clinical roles. In sessions she aims for clear, practical steps parents can try between meetings.
Conversations are paced to feel manageable, and she encourages questions about how any skill or idea might work in daily family life.
What Renee works with
Everything Renee lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Renee helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
Approaches Renee lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Online approaches for parenting and stress
Renee commonly uses client-centered methods that begin by listening closely to what matters most to a parent and then building goals around those priorities. This approach focuses on strengths and practical changes a person can make in day-to-day family life.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps identify patterns of thinking and behavior that increase stress and then practices alternative ways of responding. CBT is often used for anxiety, low mood, and problem-solving around routines and limits.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Renee will discuss different methods and adapt what she offers to match a client's goals, preferences, and life demands. Together they pick skills and strategies to try between sessions and check what helps over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for in-depth discussion and skill practice. Phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or messaging can be used for brief check-ins, homework support, or shorter conversations during a busy day. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a parent's schedule and keep work moving forward without always needing an in-person visit.
Questions people ask about Renee
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting struggles, relationship and family concerns, grief, anger, career changes, compassion fatigue, and ADHD-related issues.
What is her general approach in sessions?
She practices a client-centered, strengths-based approach and uses practical techniques drawn from several therapies to match each person's needs.
How long has she been practicing clinically?
She has about 10 years of professional experience providing individual, group, and family work in clinical roles.
What credentials and location are listed for her?
She holds an MD and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Certified (LCSW-C) in Maryland.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she offer?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as formats for care.
How does billing and getting started work?
Cost varies by location and availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; to begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on therapist availability.
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