About Linda
Linda Jarels is a Licensed Professional Counselor with more than 20 years of experience helping adults manage stress, anxiety, depression, and grief. She practices from South Carolina and works with people facing major life changes, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, anger, trauma, and the particular challenges tied to HIV and AIDS.
Her sessions focus on listening first and then building practical coping steps. She aims to help clients boost self-esteem, handle strong emotions, and find clearer ways to move forward.
Background and approach
Conversations are collaborative and paced to each person's comfort level. Linda blends approaches that emphasize present-moment awareness, practical problem solving, and exploring personal values. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral methods to challenge unhelpful thoughts and from mindfulness to reduce reactivity.
Solution-focused techniques help set small, achievable goals between sessions. The work often includes learning new skills and practicing brief exercises outside sessions. Clients leave with concrete strategies they can use when stress or anxiety rises.
Linda pays special attention to people living with chronic health concerns and the emotional impact those conditions bring. Her style is warm and straightforward. Sessions aim to be a steady space for making gradual change and building resilience.
People who want clear steps and an empathetic listener tend to find her approach useful.
Approaches That Translate Well to Online Care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying what matters to you and taking steps toward those values even when uncomfortable feelings appear. It can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life transitions by building purposeful action. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and low mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Linda will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences. That may mean combining ACT, CBT, and mindfulness practices so clients get tools for both immediate relief and long-term change.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow fuller conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or during a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for short check-ins, sharing progress, or getting brief coaching between sessions. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent while fitting it into everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
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