Renee LaRock-Gary, LMHC

• SUNY Plattsburgh, BS and MS

Renee LaRock-Gary is a licensed mental health counselor in New York State.  She has extensive experience working in an array of settings from crisis to office settings; with children to adults; and with individuals to groups.  She graduated magna cum laude with a masters from SUNY Plattsburgh and has a current certification as an Integrative Sex and Couples Therapist and several past certifications in a variety of areas including anxiety, grief, and substance abuse.  Renee’s specialty is trauma and she worked for a decade exclusively with survivors of sexual trauma.  Overall, she has over 30 years of experience in the human and social services field and has held a variety of positions including LGBTQ Teen outreach worker, domestic violence counselor, manager at a halfway house, to name a few.

An eternal learner, Renee regularly participates in ongoing training in a variety of areas in order to keep abreast of the most updated knowledge in the mental health field.  Primarily she utilizes CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) and/or DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) to help people reach their goals, she often brings in other modalities to fit a person’s individual needs.