Michigan
Renee Benard, MA, LLP
Limited Licensed Psychologist
I am a licensed master's level psychologist who provides therapy to adults across the state of Michigan. I have over 20 years of experience as a psychotherapist working with issues such as ADHD, anxiety, depression, relationships, family issues and parenting, life skills and changes, trauma, loss / grief, as well as chronic or terminal illness. With support, encouragement, and expert insight, therapy can be the place you grow, the place you heal, or the place you learn to accept you.
I enjoy working as a therapist. It is an absolute privilege to experience your courage, your growth and your healing. A more focused passion of mine is working with people affected by cancer. I also specialize in working with caregivers, helping professionals, and educators affected by burn-out, secondary trauma, and compassion fatigue.
Come as you are. Be you. Judgment free. Respectfully. Let's do this!
Education and Credentials
Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology, M.A.
Limited License Psychologist, State of Michigan (L.L.P.)
Certified in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
All therapy is culturally sensitive, trauma informed
I work with
Accepted insurances
- 6 Degrees
- 90 Degree Benefits
- Aegis LLC
- Aetna/ First Health
- Aetna
- Aetna Affordable Health Choices/ Aetna Voluntary
- Aetna EAP
- Allstate Benefits (through Allied Benefit Systems)
- American Continental (Aetna Senior Supplemental)
- Assured Benefit Administrators
- Boon-Chapman Administrators/ Wellnet Healthcare
- Christian Brothers Services
I specialize in
- Brief Psychotherapy
- Person-Centered
- Humanistic
- Agoraphobia
- Panic Attacks
- First Responders/Law Enforcement
- Healthcare Professionals
- Victim/Survivor of Abuse or Other Interpersonal Crime
- Adlerian
- Cognitive Therapy
- Crisis Intervention
- Psychoanalytic
Treatment approaches
- Brief Psychotherapy
- Person-Centered
- Humanistic
- Adlerian
- Cognitive Therapy
- Crisis Intervention
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychodynamic
- Structural Family Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
Communities I work with
- First Responders/Law Enforcement
- Healthcare Professionals
- Victim/Survivor of Abuse or Other Interpersonal Crime
- Bisexual/Pansexual Allied
- Body Positivity
- Cancer Allied
- Gay Allied
- Intersex Allied
- Lesbian Allied
- Non-Binary Allied
- Queer Allied
- Sex-Positivity / Kink
- Transgender Allied
- Military/Veteran Allied
Education
Master of Arts Counseling Psychology
Western Michigan UniversityGraduated 2001
Certified in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy