Dr. Kemberly Rainney, LPC

Dr. Kemberly Rainney is an LPC with 26 years of clinical experience based in Virginia. She helps people who are managing stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship friction, parenting strain, anger, depression, ADHD, and related concerns. She draws on long experience working with trauma, blended family issues, and substance use to support practical change.

She served in the Army and completed college while on active duty, then earned a Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling with a concentration in Addictions and later a PhD in Advanced Studies in Human Behavior. That combination of military service, clinical training, and decades of practice informs how she works with people now.

In sessions she uses straightforward, client-centered conversation to clarify what matters most to each person. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and solution-focused steps to build small, manageable changes. The focus is on usable tools rather than long lectures.

People who come for help with anger or relationship strain often start by naming a few concrete goals. She and the client then pick practical strategies to reduce immediate reactivity and to rebuild routines and communication habits. Progress is tracked in real terms, like fewer heated exchanges or clearer boundaries.

Her background includes work with post-traumatic stress, veteran and armed forces issues, codependency, divorce and separation, and drug and alcohol addiction. She offers individual coaching and counseling informed by those experiences and clinical approaches.

How her approaches translate to online sessions