About Linda
Linda Gonzalez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of clinical experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, and ADHD. Her style is collaborative and strengths-focused, and she aims to help people find practical ways to manage daily challenges.
Clients can expect straightforward talk therapy mixed with skill-building. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and develop new behavior patterns. Mindfulness practices are used to help slow down racing thoughts and improve focus.
Background and approach
Motivational interviewing helps people find reasons and small steps toward change. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are brought in when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed. Sessions blend discussion, skill practice, and simple exercises to take between meetings.
Linda often helps people dealing with life transitions, career stress, grief, sleep troubles, anger, and relationship strain. She also addresses concerns like caregiver stress, chronic illness, isolation, and issues tied to identity and life purpose. The work centers on achievable goals and real-life problem solving.
Her practice is based in Illinois and she offers a mix of session formats to fit busy schedules. New clients begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions that suit their needs. The focus is on steady progress and usable tools rather than long lectures.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person’s goals. The therapist follows the client’s lead and helps them set and reach realistic steps toward change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical exercises to change patterns that cause stress or low mood.Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will work together with the client to decide which combination of skills and practices fits best. That plan can shift over time based on how the client is doing and what they want to achieve.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, and text messaging to make therapy fit daily life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill coaching. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick questions, homework check-ins, or when writing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care and to practice new skills between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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