Powerful Thought Partnership and Expertise for Thriving Leadership and Teams

 

Meet Dr. Renee

Specializing at the powerful intersection of psychology, human behavior, and the world of work, Dr. Renee St Jacques (For pronunciation -click here) is a charismatic TEDx speaker, licensed psychologist, certified executive coach, and dynamic facilitator. She brings deep expertise and infectious energy to her mission: helping corporate teams, leaders, and executives walk in their unique magic.

Through expert thought partnership, Dr. Renee empowers organizations to maximize business impact and elevate workplace joy—by strengthening leadership skills, emotional intelligence, and the health of team culture. Her approach blends compassion with results, delivering high-quality coaching, facilitation, and organizational culture consulting that energizes and transforms.

Learn more about her expertise, experience, background, and style below.

Specialization and Style

SPECIALIZATION AREAS

Specializing at the intersection of psychology, human behavior, and the modern workplace, Dr. Renee St Jacques offers an impressive breadth of expertise—but her true zone of genius lies in equipping clients with the psychological, emotional, and relational skills to thrive at the highest level. Known as a “power tool” for leadership transformation, Dr. Renee is the go-to thought partner for professionals, leaders, executives, and organizations seeking strategic support in high-stakes, high-impact scenarios such as:

  • Elevating Leadership Growth & Emotional Intelligence

    • Enhancing self-awareness, executive presence, and communication through precision coaching

    • Conducting stakeholder interviews to tailor coaching for senior leaders, and helping individual contributors level up through actionable feedback

  • Strengthening Management & Performance Leadership

    • Teaching foundational and advanced management skills—from feedback and performance management to strategic leadership

    • Supporting managers in navigating complex performance scenarios with confidence and clarity

  • Championing Personal Branding & Visibility

    • Helping professionals articulate their unique value and “magic” through resumes, interviews, LinkedIn profiles, and workplace perception strategies

    • Building visibility plans that align with career goals and authentic strengths

  • Clarifying Career Purpose & Long-Term Planning

    • Guiding mid- to late-stage professionals in defining their career “why” and planning for promotions, executive roles, or retirement

    • Supporting strategic career transitions with clarity and confidence

  • Maximizing Team & Organizational Impact

    • Elevating emotional intelligence and soft skills across executive teams, leadership groups, and entire organizations

    • Designing and delivering workshops on mental health, resilience, cross-functional collaboration, feedback, and influence without authority

  • Navigating Complex Relational Dynamics & Change

    • Supporting professionals through challenging interpersonal tensions—such as between managers and direct reports, executives, or stakeholders

    • Equipping clients to process and strategize effectively during periods of intense change, with greater resilience and agility

  • Healing & Preventing Burnout and Workplace Trauma

    • Helping professionals “show up” at their best by building skills in mental health hygiene, emotional regulation, and stress management

    • Offering trauma-informed support to navigate workplace trauma and maintain performance during adversity

    Learn more about Dr Renee’s complete list of services

STYLE

As a rare hybrid of human behavior expert and seasoned corporate professional, Dr. Renee St Jacques brings both heart and horsepower to her work. She is deeply compassionate and people-centered, yet unapologetically action-oriented and results-driven—an uncommon blend that makes her a powerful ally for high-performing professionals.

Dr. Renee believes that true transformation begins with psychological safety. She creates a judgment-free space where clients feel safe enough to show up fully and do the deep, authentic work that leads to lasting change. Her gentle strength, paired with sharp insight and unwavering commitment to excellence, empowers clients to unlock their full potential. With Dr. Renee, clients don’t just feel seen—they move forward with clarity, confidence, and impact.

Background

Dr. Renee St Jacques began her career in Corporate America, with a formative stint at Microsoft that shaped her understanding of business, leadership, and the fast-evolving corporate landscape. Over the next two decades, she built deep expertise in the real-world dynamics of work—especially within the high-performance culture of the Pacific Northwest’s tech sector. While she thrived professionally, she felt a deeper calling. She knew there was more: more magic to walk in, more of her innate gifts to share, more passion to ignite, and more time to invest in the mental health and emotional intelligence she believed could change the world.

Determined to live fully into her potential, Dr. Renee made a bold and strategic pivot mid-career: she left the corporate track to pursue a Doctorate in Psychology. Staying in Corporate America would have meant living only half of her truth. The doctorate was her gateway to helping people in the most meaningful way—combining her business acumen with deep psychological expertise to create lasting impact.

Today, as a seasoned licensed psychologist, certified executive coach, facilitator, and consultant, Dr. Renee brings her whole self to her work. She leads with passion, purpose, and fulfillment—empowering hundreds of professionals to do the same in their own careers. Her journey is proof that when you align with your magic, extraordinary things happen.

Expertise + Experience

Dr. Renee St Jacques brings a rare and powerful blend of human behavior expertise—as a licensed psychologist and certified executive coach—combined with over two decades of hands-on experience in business, consulting, and coaching, primarily within the fast-paced tech industry.

EXPERIENCE + EXPERTISE: COACHING + FACILITATION

  • International Coaching Federation (ICF) PCC Certified Executive Coach through ICF accredited College of Exec Coaching with over 2.5K hours of direct coaching experience

  • Certified Workshop, Training, and Offsite Facilitator through MindGym and Experience Design with The Primary Shift

  • Additional Partnerships include as an Executive Coach with Lions + Tigers, Human Point and AceUp and Facilitator for Insights Discovery

  • In addition, a Licensed Psychologist in the State of Washington with over 13 years of experience and 5K+ hours of counseling experience

  • Check out full portfolio of coaching and facilitation experience here.

EXPERTISE + EXPERIENCE: BUSINESS

  • Former full time employee Marketer/Product Manager and Senior Consultant at Microsoft and many other organizations in the Pacific Northwest for last two decades

  • Previous experience includes Product Marketing, Audience Marketing, International Marketing, Communications, Event Management, Partner/Channel Marketing and Sales Readiness, Product Launch, Marketing Campaigns, Program/Project Management, B2B and B2C Marketing

EXPERIENCE + EXPERTISE: PSYCHOLOGY

  • Masters and Doctorate in Psychology through Northwest University

  • Licensed Psychologist in state of Washington: PSYC.PY.60613458

  • Co-founded Narrative Counseling with her husband Psychotherapist Christian St Jacques

  • Previous Experience includes roles such as Counselor at Union Gospel Hope Place Mission Women’s Shelter, NU Hope and Affordable Counseling, Lead Coach at Association for Advanced Training in the Behavioral Sciences, Adjunct Professor at Northwest University, Psychologist Consultant for Rescue: Freedom Non-profit

Check out Dr. Renee St Jacques’ full resume here.

Beyond the Bio

Some fun facts about Dr. Renee beyond her professional profile:

  • Graduate of top all-women’s undergrad college- Madeline Albright and Hilary Clinton’s alma mater, Wellesley College

  • Former choreographer and lyrical ballet dancer of 20+ years - performed in the Philippines and in Hong Kong

  • Europe travel fanatic - currently residing in Lisbon after traveling to Europe over 20 times (9 times to her favorite, Paris!)

  • Qualitative researcher - completed a case study in the Philippines about creating sustainable, contextualized, democratized therapeutic interventions for sex trafficking aftercare

  • Co-founder of Narrative Counseling with her husband Psychotherapist Christian St Jacques

  • Working mama of two little ones

Partner with Dr. Renee

It all starts with a business need—and the people who will make it happen. Maybe you’re looking to skill up a key leader, unify a team to operate as one, or design a strategic offsite that makes the most of your precious in-person time. Whatever the challenge, Dr. Renee St Jacques partners with you to elevate your team’s performance, leadership, and culture.

Let’s connect and explore how expert coaching and facilitation can help you get more:
More of what makes your people thrive. More business impact.