Rae Linkous, LPC

Rae Linkous is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people take back control when life feels overwhelming. She speaks plainly and uses straightforward guidance to help clients face painful memories, family conflict, and big life changes. Rae aims to help people discover their strengths and move toward clearer choices.

She draws on ten years of clinical experience that include work in residential treatment, outpatient care, and a domestic violence shelter setting. Rae has supported people dealing with trauma, depression, anger, self-harm, and intense family problems. Her background includes school-based therapeutic day counseling and work with complex trauma presentations.

Rae blends practical, skill-based methods with a client-centered attitude. She uses cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses somatic- and trauma-focused strategies to address how stress and painful memories show up in the body.

Her style is direct and down-to-earth. Rae focuses on teaching concrete tools and explaining how the brain responds to trauma. Sessions often include goal-setting, skills practice, and straightforward discussion of patterns that get in the way of daily life.

Rae holds a Master of Education in Human Services and Clinical Mental Health Counseling. She practices in Virginia as an LPC and offers a mix of session types to fit different needs and schedules.

How Rae's approaches translate to online care

Rae often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thought patterns and practice new responses. CBT usually involves setting clear goals, trying specific exercises, and tracking changes over time to reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety, and mood-related struggles.

She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes listening, empathy, and working at the client’s pace to build trust and self-direction. Solution-Focused Therapy may be used to set small, practical goals and to find immediate steps that move a person toward what they want to change.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work Rae does with each person. She collaborates to match methods to a client’s goals, strengths, and comfort level, and adjusts plans as progress is made. That teamwork helps keep sessions useful and grounded in real-life needs.

Online formats - video, phone, live chat, and text messaging - make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and skills practice, phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option, and live chat or text messaging work well for quick check-ins or when a shorter touchpoint is preferred. These options offer flexibility so clients can choose what fits their routine and communication style.