Treneva Butler, LCSW

Treneva Butler is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage stress and anxiety and related life challenges. She speaks plainly and works to help clients set realistic goals. She focuses on practical steps that can fit into everyday life. With a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Treneva brings five years listed experience as an LCSW and a longer history in the helping professions. Her background includes work with children and adolescents and more recent work with adults living with chronic illness. She aims to combine motivation, body awareness, and thinking skills in sessions. Her sessions often use cognitive-behavioral ideas to notice patterns and try new behaviors. She also draws on client-centered and mindfulness approaches to help people reconnect with their values and calm down when stress rises. Motivational Interviewing and psychodynamic ideas appear when useful to explore deeper patterns and boost motivation. People seeking help for relationships, grief, addictions, parenting strain, sleep or eating concerns, trauma and abuse, or mood issues may find her approach relevant. Additional focus areas include ADHD, panic, post-traumatic stress, multicultural concerns, and self-esteem struggles. Treneva takes an accountability stance when it fits, balanced with compassion and an aim to avoid judgment. She encourages clients to try small experiments between sessions and to notice concrete changes. The overall goal is clearer choices and more manageable days.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting connection. It helps people clarify what matters to them and set goals that feel personally meaningful. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts, feelings, and behaviors together. It helps with stress, anxiety, panic, and patterns that keep problems going by teaching concrete skills and small experiments. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm. It can be useful for sleep, emotional ups and downs, and coping with everyday pressure. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then try methods that fit. Sessions are collaborative, and techniques can be adjusted as progress is made. Confirm which session formats are offered before booking, since specific formats are not listed in the profile. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins or flexible scheduling. Talk with the therapist during the matching process about timing and session length so appointments fit into daily life.