Rae Linkous, LPC

Rae Linkous is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who draws on a decade of clinical experience to support individuals and families facing trauma, mood concerns, and relationship challenges. She centers her work on building a strong therapeutic connection and teaching clients how to reclaim agency in their lives, helping them move beyond the limitations of past experiences.

Rae brings a straightforward, down-to-earth style to sessions, using direct feedback and education about how the brain responds to stress and trauma to guide change. That practical emphasis on understanding both behavior and biology is paired with a firm belief that no single method fits everyone, so she adapts interventions to each person’s needs.

Her clinical background includes an internship at a domestic violence shelter for women and children and therapeutic day counseling in school settings. She spent seven years in residential treatment and one year in outpatient services working primarily with children and teens who experienced complex and severe trauma, addressing self-harm, suicidal ideation, depression, anxiety, personality concerns, anger and aggression, conduct problems, sexualized behaviors, and various forms of trauma. Rae currently provides outpatient therapy to both adults and children.

Rae’s academic training includes a BS in Pre-med Biology, Chemistry, and Psychology from Bluefield College (2012) and an M.Ed. in Human Services and Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Lindsey Wilson College (2015). Her therapeutic toolkit includes trauma-focused CBT (TF-CBT), client-centered and solution-focused approaches, motivational interviewing, and DBT techniques, all tailored to the individual goals and circumstances of the people she works with.