About Linda
Linda Suzette Danks is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Oklahoma who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and depression. She draws on both her professional background and long experience working with young adults to offer calm, practical support.
Linda aims to make the first step feel doable for someone who is worried or overwhelmed. She has four years of professional clinical experience and decades of informal leadership with millennials as a youth group leader.
How Linda works
That combination informs a down-to-earth style that values steady listening and clear guidance. Linda understands the impact of trauma from her own life, and that perspective shapes her work with people who have experienced prolonged or repeated trauma.
In sessions she focuses on helping people name what is happening, identify small steps that feel manageable, and practice skills that can be used between meetings. Her work includes attention to attachment and abandonment concerns, caregiver stress, and challenges tied to chronic illness or aging.
She also supports people dealing with major life changes such as divorce, blended family adjustments, or end-of-life decisions. Linda uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions and tailors her approach to each person’s situation. She emphasizes a nonjudgmental atmosphere where feelings and memories can be discussed openly.
The goal is clearer thinking and more reliable coping tools that fit everyday life.
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
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Oklahoma |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and what online sessions offer
Linda uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One common approach helps people process traumatic memories and reduce their day-to-day distress by teaching grounding skills, pacing, and ways to tolerate strong emotions. Another approach centers on strengthening attachment and communication patterns so relationships feel safer and more predictable; this helps with abandonment worries and ongoing relationship stress.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, life situation, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they pick methods that match those needs and they adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for people with busy lives or mobility limits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations when travel is difficult. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging provide ongoing check-ins and flexibility for brief updates between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or medical schedules and support consistent contact over time.
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