About Rae
Rae Linkous welcomes people who feel stuck by past hurts, family problems, or big life changes. She writes and talks plainly to help clients understand what is getting in the way and how to move forward. Rae is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with ten years of experience and works from Virginia.
Rae focuses on practical steps in each session. She listens closely, asks direct questions, and helps people build skills to manage anger, low self-esteem, depression, grief, and trauma.
Background and approach
She also supports those navigating identity questions related to gender and LGBT concerns and people facing caregiver stress or complicated family situations. Her background includes work in domestic violence shelter settings, therapeutic day counseling in schools, residential treatment, and outpatient care. She has experience with self-harm, suicidal thoughts, trauma from abuse or neglect, mood disorders, and behavior challenges.
This range shapes how she responds to safety and everyday functioning. Rae describes her style as down-to-earth and straightforward. She combines teaching about how the brain and trauma affect behavior with hands-on strategies people can try between sessions.
Rae adapts methods to each person rather than using a single approach for everyone. People who come to Rae should expect a practical, direct therapist who values collaboration and clear steps. Sessions aim to help clients gain control over their choices, reduce overwhelming emotions, and make steady progress toward the life they want.
Approach-driven online therapy that fits your life
Rae uses client-centered therapy to build a respectful, understanding relationship where clients set goals and guide the pace. This approach helps when someone needs a steady, listening presence while figuring out next steps.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help people link thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT provides clear exercises and small behavior changes for depression, anxiety, anger, and mood shifts. Rae draws on trauma-focused therapy to address past abuse or neglect; this involves pacing work around safety, teaching grounding and body-based coping, and processing traumatic memories when the person is ready.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Rae will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what felt helpful in past supports, then adapt methods to fit those needs. The plan is collaborative and may change as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video sessions let therapists and clients read facial cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during busy days, and chat or text can be a quicker check-in or ongoing support between longer appointments. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, and daily life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee, Virginia
- Languages
- English