About Raina
Raina Edwards offers calm, practical support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, and burnout. She speaks plainly and helps clients who are navigating LGBTQ+ concerns, communication struggles, and attachment wounds. Raina is a licensed mental health counselor and a licensed professional counselor practicing in Georgia.
Raina focuses on clear tools and everyday strategies. Sessions often include skills for managing overwhelming feelings, improving how people talk with others, and building self-compassion.
Background and approach
She tailors work to each person’s background and identity. She pays attention to multicultural factors and how identity shapes emotional life. That means conversations about how bias, expectations, and community affect mood and relationships.
The goal is to make therapy fit the person, not force the person into a model. Raina draws on research-backed methods to help clients notice patterns and try new behaviors. She balances practical exercises with space to process feelings.
This can include steps for calming the body, shifting unhelpful thoughts, and practicing different ways to connect with others. Clients who choose Raina can expect a collaborative tone. She works with people to set goals and track small changes over time.
Her approach aims to leave clients with usable skills they can apply between sessions.
Research-based approaches and online options
Raina uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that combine skill building with personal reflection. One common approach focuses on teaching emotion regulation and coping skills to reduce overwhelm and manage anxiety and anger. Another approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying more balanced thoughts to alleviate depression and worry. Both methods aim to give concrete steps people can practice between sessions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Raina collaborates with each client to match techniques to their goals, background, and daily life. She checks in regularly and adjusts strategies when something is not helping, so the plan evolves with the client’s needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which makes therapy more flexible. Video sessions allow visual connection and richer conversation. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for brief updates, reflection, or practicing new skills between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Anger management
Also listed
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Georgia
- Languages
- English