About Linda
Linda Kenny is a licensed clinical social worker with 34 years of experience in Massachusetts. She approaches therapy with respect for each person’s story and strengths. Linda encourages small, practical steps toward a more satisfying life and is there to support people through change.
She focuses on stress and anxiety as well as relationship struggles, self-esteem, and depression. She helps people cope with life changes and offers steady guidance when routines shift.
Background and approach
Linda also works with issues such as abandonment, attachment concerns, and blended family dynamics. Her practice addresses longer-term concerns like chronic pain, illness, caregiver stress, and aging-related worries. She also supports people facing body image issues, cancer-related stress, and the emotional fallout of divorce and separation.
Communication problems, control and commitment issues, and patterns such as codependency or avoidant or dependent personality styles are part of her caseload. Sessions aim to identify practical steps a person can take between meetings. Conversations focus on what feels manageable and what changes matter most to the individual.
Linda emphasizes collaboration and building on existing strengths to ease overwhelm and increase coping skills. People connect with her in ways that fit their lives, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time, and cost varies with location and therapist availability.
Evidence-based approaches and online access
Linda uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on concrete change and coping skills. One common approach emphasizes practical problem solving and behavior changes to reduce stress and manage anxiety, helping people break problems into smaller, doable steps. Another approach centers on understanding attachment and relationship patterns, which can clarify why certain conflicts or fears keep repeating and point to different ways of relating.Finding the right mix of techniques is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, life situation, and preferences. Goals and methods are reviewed and adjusted as progress is made so the plan stays relevant and useful.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow fuller conversation and face-to-face interaction, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to share brief updates or get support between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep consistent momentum toward clearer coping and less overwhelm.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 34 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
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