About Alicia
Alicia Rainville is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Virginia with 15 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical help for people facing stress, anxiety, parenting strains, relationship tensions, ADHD, and depression. Alicia aims to meet people where they are and offer steady support as they figure out next steps.
Her work typically begins by listening to what matters most to each person. She values respect, sensitivity, and a straightforward approach.
Background and approach
Sessions are tailored so conversations and goals fit a client’s life and priorities. Alicia often helps people manage overwhelming feelings and everyday pressures. She works with parents on parenting concerns and supports those coping with family problems and caregiver stress.
Communication skills and impulsivity are common topics in her sessions. People also turn to her for social anxiety, phobia concerns, and help navigating life changes. She focuses on small, practical steps that can lead to clearer thinking and steadier routines.
The aim is to build tools that people can use outside of sessions. Sessions move at a client’s pace and center on collaboration. Alicia encourages questions and adjustments as goals change.
She supports people as they try new ways of relating, communicating, and managing stress.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Alicia uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear skills and problem solving. One common approach she uses concentrates on teaching coping skills for anxiety and stress - skills include breathing and grounding techniques, activity planning, and breaking problems into manageable steps. This approach helps people feel steadier day to day.She also emphasizes strategies for communication and family interactions. These techniques focus on changing patterns of talking and responding so that conversations feel more productive and less tense. That work can help with parenting challenges, caregiver stress, and general family problems.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Alicia collaborates with each person to decide which techniques fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. She adjusts methods over time and checks in regularly so the plan stays useful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into daily life. Video is useful when visual interaction helps the work. Phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text sessions work well for quick check-ins, short reflections, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it possible to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, and other responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Impulsivity
- Parenting issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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