Linda Griffin, LPC

Linda Griffin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 39 years of clinical and educational experience. She began her career as a teacher and moved into counseling and program leadership, bringing a strong commitment to learning and personal growth. Linda draws on long experience to help people find clear next steps when life feels confusing or overwhelming.

Her background includes a Master of Arts in Counseling and an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership. She has led counseling services and served as a dean of student development, roles that shaped her focus on skill building and self-efficacy. Teaching remains central to how she works in sessions.

Linda uses a collaborative model where the person in therapy guides the direction of work. She describes herself as the second rider on a tandem bicycle - providing information, encouragement, and tools while the client steers. That image helps people understand how goals and choices are set together.

In practice she draws from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, reality therapy, and motivational interviewing. Those methods are applied flexibly to concerns such as anxiety, depression, relationship issues, grief, eating and self-esteem problems, and midlife crisis concerns.

Sessions focus on defining real goals and identifying practical steps toward them. Linda emphasizes building skills that clients can use after sessions end. She invites people who want a clear plan and steady guidance to begin the process.

How her approaches shape online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's priorities. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects what they say, and helps them make their own choices about goals and timing.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It uses practical exercises and small steps to change unhelpful patterns, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns.

Motivational Interviewing helps people move from uncertainty to action by exploring their reasons for change and boosting motivation in short, focused conversations.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about their needs, goals, and preferences and recommend methods that fit. That process could involve trying different techniques and adjusting as goals evolve.

Confirm the therapist's current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, avoid travel, or check in during a work break. It can also allow shorter or more frequent check-ins when that helps progress.