About Raven
Raven Brown-McKinney is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, and life changes. She draws on six years of clinical practice to support people dealing with depression, relationship strain, parenting questions, ADHD, grief, and career challenges. Her tone is straightforward and collaborative.
Raven uses clear, practical methods to help clients reach daily goals. She focuses on small steps that fit into busy lives, such as building routines or practicing new ways to respond to stress.
How Raven works
Sessions are conversational and goal-focused, with attention to what matters most to each person. Her approach blends cognitive behavioral work with mindfulness and acceptance strategies. She helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, try new behaviors, and accept difficult feelings while moving toward valued goals.
This mix can help with mood problems, panic, impulsivity, and chronic stress. Raven has experience addressing trauma and domestic violence, caregiver strain, fertility and family problems, and multicultural concerns. She also supports people facing burnout, compassion fatigue, and the emotional fallout of disasters.
Her work includes coaching elements for people wanting practical steps and clearer direction. Based in Texas, Raven provides services in English. She uses a straightforward, warm style and works with each person to build a plan that fits their life and priorities.
Raven lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Raven works with
The areas below are the ones Raven selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LICSW, LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
How Raven’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify their values and take small, meaningful steps even when feelings are difficult. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms and improve functioning. It often helps with panic attacks, depression, and impulsivity. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase present-moment noticing, which supports stress reduction and emotional regulation.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Raven works with each person to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and the challenges they bring. She adjusts the plan as progress is made and helps clients combine strategies as needed to reach practical outcomes.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or a camera isn’t convenient. Live chat and text-based messaging offer quick check-ins, brief coaching, and the chance to process between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, and busy schedules while keeping focus on real-life changes.
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