About Linda
Linda Young is an MD and Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW-C) based in Maryland. She brings 25 years of experience to sessions and focuses on practical ways to reduce stress and manage anxiety. Her approach aims to make therapy feel understandable and manageable for people juggling many demands.
Linda combines several therapy styles to match what a person needs. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
She also draws on Psychodynamic Therapy to look at past patterns that affect current feelings. Trauma-Focused Therapy is part of her work when past trauma contributes to distress. Her background includes long experience in clinical settings and crisis work.
In more recent years she has concentrated on adults in substance use treatment and on supporting depression, panic, social anxiety, grief, and life transitions. She often works with people who face both mental health and addiction challenges. In sessions she focuses on building a strong working relationship first.
That relationship informs a treatment plan with clear steps and short-term goals. She also spends time teaching skills clients can use between sessions to cope with symptoms and stressful moments. People who come for help can expect a warm and direct style.
Linda aims to be practical and steady while helping clients understand patterns and learn new ways of coping. She tailors methods to the person’s needs and life circumstances.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Linda uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try small behavior changes. This method is useful for managing anxiety, panic symptoms, and depression by teaching concrete tools that can be practiced between sessions.She also uses Trauma-Focused Therapy when past traumatic events are contributing to current distress. That approach focuses on processing traumatic memories and building coping skills to reduce their impact on daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and recommend a mix of methods. Clients and the therapist decide collaboratively which strategies to try first and how to adjust them over time.
Online sessions offer flexibility to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face work similar to in-person sessions. Phone sessions can be a good option when less bandwidth or not being on camera helps. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, step-by-step skill coaching, or when someone prefers written communication. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity and access care from different locations and schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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