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Online therapist

Linda Goldsmith

Calm, practical help for parenting and stress

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Credentials
LMHC, LCPC
Experience
25 years
Licensed in
Florida, Illinois, New York
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Linda

Linda Goldsmith is a licensed mental health counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress and parenting concerns. She combines practical guidance with a calm, steady presence to make time together feel useful and clear. Sessions tend to center on solving immediate problems and building habits that reduce distress over time.

She brings 25 years of experience to sessions and holds the FL LMHC license MH19009 and the IL LCPC license 180004968.

Background and approach

Linda works with common worries such as anxiety, depression, grief, sleep problems, substance use, and challenges around intimacy and self-esteem. She also addresses caregiving stress, aging issues, chronic illness, and communication problems. In meetings she draws from client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral techniques to identify patterns and try small experiments.

She also uses elements from dialectical behavior therapy and relationship-focused models like the Gottman Method and Imago to support better communication and emotional regulation. The work is practical and aimed at skills you can use between sessions. Linda often helps people cope with life changes, career stress, postpartum mood concerns, and trauma-related symptoms.

She pays attention to family of origin dynamics and codependency when those issues affect current relationships. Her style is direct but compassionate, with an emphasis on clear steps forward. Sessions are offered from Florida and conducted in English.

The practice supports video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which can make ongoing care more flexible for busy schedules.

Approaches that translate well to online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person in front of the clinician. It helps people feel heard and supports them in naming goals and next steps. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and helps people try small changes to reduce anxiety, depression, or sleep problems. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, teaches practical skills for managing strong emotions and improving relationships when stress and intensity feel overwhelming.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they may combine elements from different methods so the plan fits the problem and the person’s life.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to keep momentum between sessions and to fit visits into busy family schedules. Licensed professionals can coach on coping skills, communication techniques, and concrete steps you can use at home, all while adapting methods to the online format.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Linda address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, and relationship issues. Other focuses include parenting, sleep problems, anger, and self-esteem.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and client-centered with hands-on skill building. She blends cognitive behavioral work and relationship techniques to change unhelpful patterns.
How long has she been practicing?
Linda has 25 years of clinical experience supporting people through mood, trauma, and life transition challenges.
What credentials and where is she licensed?
She is a licensed mental health counselor and a licensed clinical professional counselor with the following licenses: FL LMHC MH19009 and IL LCPC 180004968. Her practice is based in Florida.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. Then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience
25 years
Licensed
Florida, Illinois, New York
Languages
English

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