About Linda
Linda Gardepe uses a client-centered approach to guide people through stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma, and depression. She is a licensed clinical social worker with 11 years of experience and focuses on building a calm, respectful space where people can talk about what matters most to them.
She combines practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy with mindfulness skills to help manage symptoms day to day. Dialectical behavior therapy techniques are used when emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness are goals.
How Linda works
For people with traumatic memories, she also uses eye movement desensitization and reprocessing as one option to reduce the intensity of painful recollections. Linda helps people address a wide range of life strains. These include self-esteem and motivation, LGBT concerns, career questions, and relationship communication.
She also supports people coping with chronic pain, illness, blended family tensions, and the fallout from domestic violence or abuse. Clients work together with her to set clear, doable goals. Sessions focus on learning specific skills, practicing new ways of thinking, and trying small changes between meetings.
Progress is reviewed often so plans stay relevant. She holds a Pennsylvania Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential and a Massachusetts Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker credential, listed as LCSW and LICSW. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule appointments according to availability.
Linda lists 8 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
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Pennsylvania |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How Linda’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's needs. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects feelings, and supports decisions so people feel heard and understood. This approach fits well with online formats because it centers what the person wants to work on.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Sessions teach concrete skills to challenge unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and certain obsessive worries and adapts well to exercises assigned between sessions.
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, EMDR, helps when traumatic memories remain painful. In practice it involves focusing on the memory while using guided bilateral stimulation to reduce distress. Some steps of EMDR can be guided effectively over video when clinically appropriate.
Finding the right mix of approaches happens together. The therapist will ask about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. That helps shape a plan that may combine listening-based care, skills training, and trauma-focused work as needed.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people use visual cues and do longer work. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text-based messaging supports quick check-ins, homework review, or brief coaching between sessions.
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