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Renee Joyce

Compassionate, practical therapy for real life

LMFT Colorado

Experience
13 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Relationship
Approaches
Gottman Method, Attachment-Based Therapy
Languages
English

About Renee

Renee Joyce is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 13 years of experience based in Colorado. She greets new clients with a warm, practical style and aims to help people notice small changes that make daily life easier.

Background and approach

Renee focuses on clear goals and short, useful steps so clients can see progress quickly. She works with adults who want to understand themselves better and handle life’s stressors.

Common concerns include anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people managing ADHD, neurodivergent experiences, relationship and intimacy challenges, and parenting strains.

Renee blends practical methods to build skills for emotion regulation and communication. She centers sessions on the person in front of her and on real-life problems that get in the way of feeling steady and capable.

Sessions are active and collaborative, with tools and exercises to practice between meetings. Her background includes approaches that address attachment, trauma processing, and relationship patterns, including the Gottman Method and EMDR among others.

That mix helps when working through painful memories, improving connection, or learning strategies to lower daily anxiety. Many clients meet short-term goals in a few months, while others work longer to address deeper wounds or identity development.

Renee describes therapy as a partnership where clients set the pace and priorities. She aims to help people build a life that feels clearer, more grounded, and more authentic.

How Renee’s Approaches Work Online

Renee uses approaches that focus on connection, emotion regulation, and healing from trauma. The Gottman Method looks at patterns in relationships and teaches practical skills for communication and conflict management, useful when people want clearer interactions and less reactivity. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early bonds shape current relationships and helps people build more stable ways of relating to others. EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a trauma-focused method that helps process painful memories and reduce their emotional intensity through guided processing techniques.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Renee will listen to your goals and preferences, then suggest which methods might fit best. Decisions are collaborative and can change as therapy progresses to match what’s most helpful for you.

Online sessions offer flexibility to fit therapy into busy life. Video calls let you use visual cues for deeper conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera, and live chat or text messaging provide brief check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule regular work without long commutes and allow consistent momentum on goals.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people with ADHD, intimacy and relationship challenges, parenting issues, career transitions, and identity questions.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is strength-based and solution-focused with a collaborative, active approach. Sessions include practical tools for emotion regulation, communication, and problem solving.
What is her clinical background?
She has 13 years of clinical experience working with adults on trauma recovery, relationship dynamics, neurodivergence, and coping with life changes.
What credentials and region does she practice in?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Colorado under her Colorado LMFT credential.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available?
She works with clients via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyDialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Gottman MethodSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapySystemic Therapy

Experience

13+ years

Licensed in

Colorado

Languages

English