About Linda
Linda Thomas is a licensed independent social worker with thirty years of clinical practice. She offers calm, straightforward care for people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, relationship struggles, depression, and life changes. Her approach aims to help clients find workable steps they can use right away.
She earned a Master of Social Work from Florida State University and began her clinical training in settings that included a public defender's office and an addictions detox facility.
How Linda works
Early in her career she helped run one of the first HIV support groups in Atlanta, and she later provided contracted services for the Department of Defense at bases in Germany, Norway, and Greenland. Linda has also worked with a university emergency department in Charleston, conducting psychiatric assessments. That variety of settings shaped a practical, flexible style.
She combines skills drawn from cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and acceptance-based methods to address symptoms and day-to-day functioning. Sessions focus on realistic goals and on skills people can use between meetings. She uses motivational interviewing to support change and dialectical behavior strategies to manage intense emotions when needed.
Linda pays attention to how medical, social, and life stresses interact with mental health concerns. Her work includes support for people coping with caregiver strain, addiction issues, codependency, and complicated grief. She helps clients facing life transitions, relationship hurts, or challenges tied to identity and intimacy.
The tone in sessions is direct, respectful, and rooted in practical problem solving.
Linda lists 7 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
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Self esteem
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LISW-CP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | South Carolina |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Online approaches that fit busy lives
Linda often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck and then choose actions that match their values; it can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors; it is useful for anxiety, panic, mood changes, and coping skills.She treats approach selection as a shared task. The therapist will listen to a client's goals, try different strategies, and adjust methods based on what is helping. That collaborative process aims to find workable tools that fit the person's daily life and needs.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video lets people use face-to-face interaction for skill teaching and deeper conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow for brief check-ins, notes between sessions, or ongoing encouragement without scheduling a full call.
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