About Linda
Linda Suzette Danks is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Oklahoma. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and depression. Her style is warm and direct, and she aims to create a welcoming space where people can talk about hard things without judgment.
She brings four years of professional clinical experience alongside decades of community work with younger adults. That background shaped her practical approach to problem solving and relationship concerns.
Background and approach
She listens first, then works with each person to set simple, realistic goals. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Linda helps people name patterns that keep them stuck and practices new ways of responding to stress and conflict.
She also supports people dealing with loss, illness, caregiver strain, isolation, and communication problems. Her experience includes working with those affected by abandonment, attachment issues, blended family changes, divorce and separation, and end-of-life concerns. She also draws on knowledge from service in the military community when relevant to a client's story.
People can expect straightforward tools, paced to what they can manage. Linda encourages small steps that build confidence and reduce overwhelm. She says starting therapy takes courage and offers steady support through the process.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Linda uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on managing symptoms and improving daily functioning. One common approach centers on teaching practical coping skills to reduce anxiety and stress, such as breathing, grounding, and step-by-step behavior changes to break unhelpful cycles. Another approach focuses on trauma-informed work that helps people make sense of past hurts and reduce the ways those experiences shape current reactions and relationships.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals, pace, and comfort level. Together they will adjust techniques as progress is made and new needs appear.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help the work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when being on camera feels difficult. Live chat or text-based messaging can fit brief check-ins, homework, or steady support between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule care around work, family, or health needs while keeping therapy consistent and focused.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English
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