- Years in practice
- 15
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Alicia
Alicia Rainville is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia with 15 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage parenting challenges, stress, anxiety, ADHD, depression, and relationship and family concerns. Alicia approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion.
She aims to create a space where practical change feels possible. Her style is straightforward and collaborative. Sessions are shaped around each person's needs and goals.
Alicia tailors conversations and plans so they fit real life, not a one-size-fits-all model.
Background and approach
She often helps people who are coping with life changes, caregiver stress, communication breakdowns, impulsivity, or social anxiety and phobia. In sessions she breaks concerns into clear steps and works on small, manageable changes. The focus is on tools that can be used between meetings.
Alicia emphasizes a supportive, empowering approach. She encourages people to set achievable goals and to notice progress along the way. The work is paced to match each person's readiness for change.
If someone is balancing parenting with other demands, she helps them sort priorities and develop coping strategies. Getting started begins with identifying what matters most and building skills that fit daily life.
What Alicia works with
Everything Alicia lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Alicia helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- ADHD
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Family problems
- Impulsivity
- Social anxiety and phobia
Practical approaches and online therapy options
Alicia uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on clear skills and real-life application. One common approach involves behavioral strategies that help people change unhelpful patterns by practicing small actions and routines; this is useful for impulsivity, ADHD, and stress management. Another frequently used method emphasizes emotion-focused work that helps people name emotions, reduce overwhelm, and strengthen coping for anxiety and depression.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Alicia will talk through what feels most helpful, try options, and adjust plans based on goals and progress. The therapist and client decide together which techniques fit day-to-day life and parenting responsibilities.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper dialogue and skills practice. Phone sessions can fit a shorter check-in or times with low bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, questions between sessions, or when writing out thoughts feels easier. These formats make it simpler to schedule care around work, school, and parenting obligations.
Questions people ask about Alicia
What kinds of concerns does Alicia address?
She helps people with parenting issues, stress, anxiety, ADHD, depression, relationship and family concerns, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her approach in sessions?
Her style is collaborative and practical, focusing on clear steps and skills that can be used between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Alicia has 15 years of professional experience working in counseling and related settings.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Virginia and practices with that regional license.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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