Christine M. Renaud, LCSW, CCTP

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Licensed Clinical Social Worker Christine M. Renaud, LCSW, CCTP Provides Services for the Fredericksburg Area Get to know Licensed Clinical Social Worker Christine M. Renaud, LCSW, CCTP, who serves the Fredericksburg area at Compass Counseling Services of Northern Virginia Christine graduated with her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology in 2013 from The College of the Holy Cross. She then attended the Catholic University of America where she graduated in 2015 with her Master of Social Work degree with a Clinical Military Specialization. Christine is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional and has extensive training in assessing and treating Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders. She is a member of the National Association of Social Workers and the Psychology, Sociology, and Social Sciences National Honor Societies. Christine has been serving clients in the outpatient therapy setting at Compass Counseling Services of Northern Virginia since 2017. Social work is an academic discipline and profession that concerns itself with individuals, families, groups and communities in an effort to enhance social functioning and overall well-being. Social functioning refers to the way in which people perform their social roles, and the structural institutions that are provided to sustain them. Social work applies social sciences, such as sociology, psychology, political science, public health, community development, law, and economics, to engage with client systems, conduct assessments, and develop interventions to solve social and interpersonal problems and create social change. Social work practice is often divided into micro-work, which involves working directly with individuals, families, or small groups, and macro-work, which involves working with communities and within social policy to create large-scale change within society, institutions, and government.

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