About Lynda
Lynda Harkins is a licensed mental health counselor with 14 years of experience. She focuses on anxiety, stress, depression, and addictions, and helps people who struggle with intimacy, self-esteem, and panic attacks. Lynda uses practical methods in sessions.
She mixes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with mindfulness practices to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new responses. She also uses Motivational Interviewing to support change when someone feels stuck. Sessions are collaborative and straightforward.
Background and approach
Lynda often uses writing and role play to practice new skills in real time. She aims to make each session useful so people leave with one or two things they can try before the next meeting. Her work addresses a wide range of concerns.
That includes communication problems, guilt and shame, impulsivity, isolation, post-traumatic stress, and process addictions such as gambling or problematic internet use. She also supports people exploring women’s issues and self-love. Lynda practices in Massachusetts and offers services in English.
She draws on 14 years of clinical experience to tailor care to each person’s goals and daily realities.
How these approaches work online
CBT helps identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Online CBT sessions often include short exercises, thought records, and behavioral experiments you can try between meetings to reduce anxiety and manage panic symptoms.Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus. In video or phone sessions, the therapist can guide brief practices and review how they fit into your daily routine.
The therapist treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She will talk with you about goals, try methods that fit your needs, and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful. That collaborative process makes it easier to pick tools that match your life and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and exercises that use screen sharing. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a camera isn’t wanted. Live chat and text messaging allow for shorter check-ins, written reflections, and support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep practicing skills between meetings.
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
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