About Linda
Linda Burroughs is a Licensed Master Social Worker with 35 years of practice in Michigan. She focuses on common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, and coping with life changes. Linda aims to help people find practical steps forward and to build skills that make daily life more manageable.
She listens carefully and helps clients try specific strategies that match their goals. Her background includes work in medical-social settings, school social work, and home-based services for people with physical disabilities.
Background and approach
She has supported adults facing depression and anxiety, at-risk mothers, and people coping with loss. Linda spent time as an administrator of special education programs and as a principal for an early childhood building. She has also taught as an adjunct professor.
Those roles shaped her skills in teaching, problem solving, and working with practical life challenges. Her approach blends client-centered conversations with tools from cognitive-behavioral and solution-focused methods. She also uses mindfulness practices to help reduce stress and build emotional awareness.
Sessions focus on clear goals, small steps, and celebrating progress along the way. Clients can expect a straightforward, steady style that emphasizes real-world strategies. Linda encourages people who are ready to work toward change and who want a partner in planning what comes next.
She supports issues related to aging and geriatric concerns as part of her broader practice.
Approaches and online care that fit your life
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. It helps people feel heard and guides them to find their own solutions rather than following a fixed plan.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and actions influence feelings. It uses practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking patterns and to build coping skills for anxiety, depression, and stress.
Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm. It can be useful for stress, anger, and managing strong emotions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which methods fit best based on goals and preferences. Plans can be adjusted over time as needs change.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people converse face to face, phone can be a quicker option with lower bandwidth, and messaging supports short check-ins or written reflections. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule and to keep consistent momentum toward goals.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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