About Rae
Rae Linkous is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing trauma, family stress, mood struggles, and identity concerns. She uses direct guidance and clear feedback to help people find more control in day-to-day life. Rae presents practical steps so clients can try new ways of coping and begin to feel steadier.
Rae draws on ten years of clinical work across residential and outpatient settings. She spent years in residential treatment and in school-based day counseling, and completed an internship at a domestic violence shelter.
Background and approach
That experience shaped how she responds to crisis, safety issues, and complex trauma. Her approach combines body-focused methods with talking therapy and skills-based work. Somatic tools help people notice how stress shows up in the body.
Cognitive behavioral strategies and solution-focused moments are used to change unhelpful thoughts and build small, realistic goals. Rae describes herself as straightforward and down-to-earth. She teaches how trauma affects the brain in plain language and uses education to support change.
Sessions tend to be practical, with exercises to practice between meetings. Her training includes a Bachelor of Science in pre-med biology, chemistry, and psychology and a Master of Education in Human Services and Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Rae holds the LPC credential and carries Tennessee and Virginia license numbers as listed.
She offers services in English and works with adults and children in outpatient settings.
How Rae's approaches translate to online therapy
Somatic Therapy focuses on helping people notice physical sensations linked to stress and trauma and use body-based techniques to reduce tension. It can help when emotions feel stuck or when anxiety and trauma show up as bodily tension.Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening and respect. The therapist follows the person's lead, offers empathy, and helps people find their own answers for issues like self-esteem, parenting strain, and identity questions.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. It uses practical exercises to shift unhelpful thinking and build coping skills for depression, anger, and mood regulation.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Rae will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their needs and goals. She often combines somatic awareness with skills-based exercises so clients can try different tools and see what helps them most.
Online sessions offer flexible ways to engage. Video calls allow face-to-face connection, phone sessions suit those who prefer voice only, and live chat or text messaging supports shorter check-ins or ongoing coaching. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around busy schedules and changing life demands.
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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