- Warm and interactive
- Practical skill building
- Values based work
About Renette
Renette Herrera is a California-licensed marriage and family therapist with 13 years of clinical experience. She supports people facing anxiety, depression, parenting stress, relationship troubles, trauma, ADHD, mood concerns, and addiction-related issues. Her approach is warm and interactive, and she aims to help people feel heard and understood.
Herrera uses a mix of methods to fit each person she meets. She leans on client-centered work that focuses on the person's experience and collaborates on real goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy are among the tools she draws on to change unhelpful thinking and build values-based action.
Sessions often include practical strategies, skill practice, and mindful exercises tailored to daily life. She helps people address codependency, attachment and abandonment wounds, blended family challenges, caregiver stress, chronic health challenges, and grief. She also works with issues tied to substance use, domestic violence, and first responder stress.
Her style is straightforward and compassionate. She meets people where they are and works step by step to shift patterns that cause pain. The work is collaborative - therapist and client plan the next steps together.
To begin, people complete a short questionnaire and schedule sessions that match the therapist's availability. Herrera emphasizes respectful, real conversations that aim to build more confidence, clearer boundaries, and calmer daily routines.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions where motivation and meaning matter. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going, and it often includes homework to try new skills between sessions. Client-centered therapy prioritizes the person's experience and pace, offering a compassionate space to work through feelings and make decisions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to pick methods that fit their goals, needs, and everyday life. Expect adjustments over time as what works best becomes clearer through regular check-ins.
The biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm session options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. They also let people use tools like worksheets, mindfulness exercises, and real-time skill practice during a session. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, and client-centered methods effectively for remote work, and your therapist will recommend the best way to meet based on your situation and preferences.
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Experience
13+ years
Credentials
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, addiction, grief, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and codependency among other areas.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The approach is client-centered and collaborative, with an interactive and warm style. Sessions mix practical strategies, skill practice, and mindful exercises to address everyday problems.
How much experience does she have?
She has 13 years of experience working in clinical settings as a marriage and family therapist.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - practicing in California.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Confirm current session format options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to get started?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.