About Lynette
Lynette Accomando is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor practicing in Massachusetts with 38 years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and the effects of trauma and abuse. Her approach is collaborative and respectful, and she centers the person's strengths in sessions.
She works with parents facing parenting challenges and family conflict, and she helps people navigate relationship and communication problems. She also supports those struggling with grief, addiction, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue.
How Lynette works
Additional areas of focus include blended family issues, caregiver stress, and first responder concerns. Lynette describes her style as supportive and interactive. She aims to listen carefully and treat people with sensitivity and respect.
She does not rely on stigmatizing labels and encourages clients to define their own goals. Her practice draws on several evidence-based approaches, chosen to fit each person's needs. Sessions are tailored so the person guides the pace and priorities.
The therapist and client build a plan together and adjust it as progress is made. People can expect practical conversation, skill-building, and problem solving during sessions. Lynette helps clients identify strengths, practice new ways of coping, and work toward clearer communication.
She frames therapy as a partnership focused on realistic steps toward better daily functioning and well-being.
What Lynette works with
The areas below are the ones Lynette 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
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 38 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Massachusetts |
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Online support options
How evidence-based methods translate to online care
Many of her sessions use evidence-based techniques that focus on thinking patterns, skills, and practical change. Cognitive behavioral ideas help identify unhelpful thinking and test new ways of responding to stress and mood problems. Person-centered and humanistic approaches emphasize listening, validation, and building on each person’s strengths to support growth.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the person to choose methods that match goals and comfort level. Together they review what is helping and adjust the plan as needs change so therapy stays practical and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for skill practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief updates, homework check-ins, or people who prefer typed conversation. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and maintain continuity when in-person sessions are not possible.
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