Online therapy for driven teens and young adults
Understand the patterns driving stress — and build the skills to shift them, with support for families along the way.
Serving Massachusetts and PSYPACT states
Schedule a brief consultation to see if we’re a good fit.
15 minutes · Ask questions · No pressure
Services offered
Therapy for teens and young adults
Structured, thoughtful therapy to help you navigate:
Anxiety, overthinking, and perfectionism that doesn’t turn off
Intrusive thoughts, checking behaviors, or reassurance-seeking cycles
Executive functioning challenges, ADHD, or academic overwhelm
High-achieving pressure and difficult school or college transitions
Feeling “fine on the outside” but stuck or overwhelmed underneath
Parent support using the SPACE intervention
A structured, evidence-based program developed at Yale that helps parents:
Reduce accommodations that unintentionally reinforce anxiety
Respond to anxiety and OCD with calm, consistent support
Step out of reassurance cycles and conflict loops
Support your teen’s independence without escalating anxiety
Create meaningful change — even if your teen resists therapy
Meet Dr. Rene — Offering structured, thoughtful therapy for meaningful change
You may be used to handling things on your own — pushing through stress, overthinking decisions, or holding yourself to standards that rarely feel “good enough.”
Many of the teens and young adults I work with look capable and driven on the outside, yet feel stuck in patterns of internal pressure, self-criticism, avoidance, or overwhelm underneath.
My work focuses on helping clients:
Understand the deeper patterns driving their stress
Shift anxiety-driven habits and perfectionistic cycles
Strengthen executive functioning and follow-through
Explore relationship and family-of-origin dynamics
Build confidence and flexibility — without losing their ambition
I also support parents in learning practical, evidence-based ways to respond to anxiety and reduce accommodations.
I combine structured, research-informed strategies with deeper insight work so clients don’t just cope — they develop skills and self-understanding that create lasting change.
Together, we build clarity, resilience, and habits that support long-term growth.
Taking the first step toward therapy can feel like a big one — and that’s completely okay.
Together, we'll build a safe space where you can explore your thoughts and feelings without judgment, setting you on a path toward lasting change.
Not sure how to find the right therapist?
Finding someone who feels like the right fit can feel overwhelming.
If you’re wondering what to look for — or how to tell whether therapy is actually helping — I wrote more about what makes a strong therapeutic fit and how to evaluate it.
Not quite ready to start therapy?
No problem.
Not everyone is ready for therapy — and that’s okay. I’ve created free, self-guided toolkits for managing anxiety, executive function challenges or difficulties parenting anxious teens to help you take small, meaningful steps forward.
Whenever you’re ready.
Start where it feels comfortable.