About Linnea
Linnea Borer is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) practicing in Minnesota. She uses a straightforward, practical approach to help people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, parenting concerns, trauma, and related challenges. Linnea speaks English and brings five years of direct clinical experience to sessions.
She affirms each person's strengths and works with them to build on what already helps. Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. Linnea listens first, then helps set concrete goals.
Background and approach
She combines evidence-informed tools with conversation so clients can try things between sessions. Simple, doable steps are a common focus in her work. Linnea draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at patterns in relationships and how those patterns affect feelings and behavior.
She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and habits. Motivational Interviewing appears in her work when clients want to make difficult changes and need support finding motivation. Sessions can address a wide range of concerns, including anger, self-esteem, ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, compassion fatigue, and coping with major life changes.
She also holds experience with adoption and foster care matters, aging and geriatric issues, autism and Asperger Syndrome, and end-of-life and hospice related stress. People who prefer a practical, supportive partner in making small, steady changes often find Linnea’s approach helpful. She encourages action between sessions and revisits goals as life shifts.
The emphasis is on skills that can be used day to day.
How these approaches translate to online care
Linnea commonly uses Attachment-Based Therapy to help people see how relationship patterns shape emotions and reactions. In online sessions she helps clients name those patterns and try different ways of relating that reduce stress and improve connections.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is another frequent approach. CBT helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. Online work often focuses on short exercises and real-life experiments the client can practice between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Linnea treats therapy as a collaborative process and will help figure out which methods fit a client's needs, goals, and comfort level. She checks in and adjusts the plan as progress is made or circumstances change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer, in-depth conversations. Phone works well when bandwidth is limited or for people who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text can support quick check-ins, mood tracking, and shorter coaching-style notes during the week. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to practice new skills in real time.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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