About Linda
Linda Thomas is a clinical social worker with three decades of practice experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, grief, and many other life challenges. Her tone is practical and straightforward, aiming to help people find clearer ways to cope and move forward.
She earned a Master of Social Work from Florida State University and began her career doing hands-on work in public defense and addiction detox settings.
Background and approach
Early internships included representing people experiencing homelessness and severe mental illness and supporting clients through substance withdrawal. That work shaped a focus on real-world support and accessible care. In the early 1990s she helped start one of the first HIV support groups in Atlanta, bringing community-based support to people who needed it.
Over the years she has also provided psychiatric assessments in an emergency department setting and contracted with the Department of Defense to work with active duty service members on bases in Germany, Norway, and Greenland. Her approach draws on several practical methods, including cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, dialectical behavior strategies, mindfulness practices, and motivational interviewing.
Sessions tend to center on skills people can use between meetings and clearer ways to handle panic, anger, relationship strain, or life transitions. Based in South Carolina, she offers a breadth of experience with varied concerns such as trauma, eating issues, caregiver stress, personality disorders, and bipolar mood concerns.
She speaks English and is open to working with international clients via online formats.
Online approaches that focus on coping and skills
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then make choices based on personal values. This approach can be useful for anxiety, panic, and life transitions where people want more meaningful action.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and changing patterns of behavior. It often includes practical exercises and homework to reduce anxiety, manage mood, address panic attacks, or improve coping with stress.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for handling intense emotions, improving interpersonal effectiveness, and reducing impulsive behaviors. It can be helpful for anger, emotional overwhelm, and patterns like codependency or self-sabotage.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or has not helped in the past. Together they will try methods that fit the person's needs and adjust the plan over time based on what works.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls are good for full conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins or when typing out thoughts feels easier. These options make therapy more flexible for busy schedules, travel, or different time zones.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Self esteem
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
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