About Linda
Linda Dollen is a licensed mental health counselor in Iowa with 20 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and relationship concerns. She offers a calm, practical presence for parents and adults who are worn out or unsure where to start. Her style is straightforward and compassionate, with an emphasis on small, useful steps.
In sessions Linda focuses on what matters most to the person in front of her.
How Linda works
She listens closely, helps name patterns that are causing pain, and introduces tools that can be used between meetings. Topics she commonly addresses include family of origin issues, communication problems, grief, parenting strain, and challenges with self-esteem and intimacy. Her work draws on a mix of approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy.
That means she combines practical skill-building with attention to values and emotional experience. She also uses elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy and existential ideas when they fit the situation. Linda has supported people through life changes like divorce, career shifts, adoption and foster care concerns, aging and caregiver stress, and managing symptoms of ADHD or bipolar disorder.
She helps clients explore difficult feelings around abandonment, control, and emptiness while offering concrete strategies to cope day to day. Sessions can be done by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Linda works with each person to set goals and pick methods that match their needs and routines.
Linda lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
What Linda works with
The areas below are the ones Linda selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Iowa |
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Online support options
Approach-driven online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters most to them and take small actions toward those values. It is useful for anxiety, avoidance, and finding direction when life feels stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and low mood. It is practical and skill based, often used for stress, depression, and some behavioral patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Linda will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and daily life. Together they will try techniques, adjust based on what helps, and blend approaches when that makes sense.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging to make therapy easier to fit into a busy schedule. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and teaching skills. Phone sessions work when less bandwidth is available or a client prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging can be used for brief check-ins, homework support, or when a shorter touchpoint is helpful. These options help maintain continuity of care during life transitions and busy periods.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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