Raven Brown-McKinney , LICSW, LCSW

Raven Brown-McKinney is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker holding the credentials LICSW and LCSW - LICSW stands for Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and LCSW stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker, both indicating advanced clinical social work training and licensure. With six years of clinical experience, she partners with individuals, families, adolescents, and women to address challenges such as stress, depression, work and family concerns, and the demands of daily life. Raven draws on experience in crisis intervention, assessment, domestic violence response, health education, and life coaching to support clients through practical problem solving and emotional healing.

Her counseling style is warm, open, and collaborative, emphasizing a respectful working relationship in which the client’s values and goals guide the work. Raven integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness practices, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to tailor care to each person’s needs, and she works with clients to co-create a focused treatment plan that targets their priorities. Whether addressing relationship difficulties, parenting stress, trauma and abuse, or career and identity concerns, Raven aims to help people build skills, clarify values, and move toward more manageable and meaningful lives.

She approaches therapy with a pragmatic, compassionate mindset and invites prospective clients to consider therapy as a partnership geared toward real-world progress and sustainable change.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Raven Brown-McKinney uses evidence-informed approaches that she adapts to online formats to meet each person’s needs. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify their values, accept difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and commit to actions that align with what matters most - it is often useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and learning practical strategies to change them - it can be effective for managing stress, panic, and mood symptoms. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes an empathic, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship in which the therapist supports the client’s own insight and growth, and it can be especially helpful for building self-esteem and addressing relationship or family concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process; Raven collaborates with each person to determine which methods best fit their goals, preferences, and circumstances, adjusting strategies as progress unfolds. She works with clients as partners in planning and prioritizing the work.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging allow people to access care around work, family, and geographic constraints. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and to practice skills between sessions while working with licensed professionals to address pressing concerns.