Rae Linkous
Compassionate, direct counseling for family concerns
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed in
- Tennessee, Virginia
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Rae
Rae Linkous is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who focuses on family concerns and related challenges. She speaks plainly and works to build a real connection so parents and caregivers feel understood. Rae aims to help people regain a sense of control after hard experiences and to find practical ways forward.
Rae takes a direct, down-to-earth approach in sessions. She mixes straightforward feedback with education about how trauma affects the brain.
Background and approach
That combination is used to help people make changes and reduce patterns that keep them stuck. Her training includes a Bachelor of Science in pre-med biology, chemistry, and psychology from Bluefield College and a Master of Education in Human Services and Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Lindsey Wilson College.
Rae has ten years of clinical experience and holds LPC licenses in Tennessee and Virginia. Earlier in her career she completed an internship at a domestic violence shelter for women and children and provided therapeutic day counseling in school settings. She has experience in residential treatment and outpatient therapy, addressing trauma, grief, depression, anger, and complex family problems.
In sessions Rae uses a range of methods such as Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Somatic approaches, and Trauma-Focused Therapy. She adapts these tools to each situation rather than using a single fixed method. The aim is to help families improve communication, manage strong emotions, and navigate stressful life changes.
How Rae’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person in front of the therapist. It helps people feel heard and clarifies what they want to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical steps to change unhelpful patterns. These approaches can be used for mood problems, anxiety, and family conflict.Finding the right mix of methods is a shared process. Rae will discuss goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on how a person responds. That collaborative approach helps tailor sessions to real needs rather than applying one fixed method.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it possible to fit therapy into busy schedules and to check in between meetings when needed. The flexibility can help parents and caregivers access consistent support without long travel or missed work.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Solution-Focused Therapy
Rather than examining the problem at length, this looks at what is already working and builds on it. Sessions tend to be practical and forward-looking, with small achievable steps, which translates readily to shorter online conversations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also works with
- 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
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