About Linda
Linda Goldsmith is a licensed mental health counselor with 25 years of experience who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She offers straightforward support for everyday struggles like sleep problems, low self-esteem, grief, and major life changes. Her approach is practical and personal, aimed at helping people find tools that fit their lives.
She uses clear, focused methods to address symptoms and patterns that cause distress. Sessions often include skills practice, problem solving, and talking through painful memories so people can move forward.
Background and approach
Linda emphasizes learning strategies that can be used between sessions to reduce overwhelm and improve daily functioning. Her background includes long-term clinical work with adults facing mood disorders, trauma, addiction, and relationship disruptions. Linda combines client-centered listening with evidence-based techniques to tailor care to each person.
She draws on a range of approaches to match the work to the need rather than following a single formula. Clients can expect a calm presence, practical suggestions, and regular check-ins on progress. Linda pays attention to how life demands - work, caregiving, and health issues - shape emotional struggles.
The focus is on building coping skills, strengthening relationships, and restoring a sense of control. Linda is licensed as an LMHC and as an LCPC and sees people in Florida. Her practice supports issues from anxiety and depression to caregiving stress and substance concerns.
Conversations aim to be clear, compassionate, and aimed at realistic steps forward.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Linda draws on client-centered therapy to create a supportive space where the person’s priorities guide the work; this approach focuses on listening, validating feelings, and helping clients name what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and to teach practical skills that reduce anxiety and improve mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, adds attention to emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving interpersonal effectiveness when stress or strong feelings get in the way of daily life.Finding the right mix of methods is part of the therapy process. The therapist will collaborate with the client to pick approaches that match goals, symptoms, and personal preferences. That shared planning means techniques can shift over time as needs change and progress is tracked together.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls let people use visual cues when that helps work on relationships or emotion recognition. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or be used when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are options for brief check-ins, skill practice, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Illinois, New York
- Languages
- English
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