Linda Griffin , LPC

Linda Griffin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a certified LPC Supervisor with 39 years of experience offering counseling and guidance to individuals across the lifespan. Her earlier work as a secondary and post-secondary teacher shaped a lifelong commitment to education, skill-building, and helping people develop the tools they need to grow. She holds a master's degree in counseling and an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership, and she has served as director of counseling services and as a university Dean of Student Development, roles that inform her practical, strengths-based approach to therapy.

Linda centers her practice on teaching self-efficacy and helping clients build lasting skills. She draws on Baxter Magolda’s theory of self-authorship and often uses the tandem bicycle image to describe the therapeutic relationship: the client steers the journey while the counselor offers information, encouragement, and guidance from the second seat. That collaborative stance supports clients who want to define goals, make intentional changes, and gain confidence in their decision-making.

Her primary therapeutic methods include cognitive-behavioral techniques, client-centered work, reality therapy, and motivational interviewing, and she adapts interventions to match each person’s needs. Linda has experience addressing depression, anxiety, stress and anger management, relationship and family issues, career concerns, eating and food-related problems, grief and loss, sexual orientation and gender identity questions, and academic or life-stage transitions. She helps clients conceptualize concerns, set concrete objectives for change, and identify practical steps toward those goals.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Linda Griffin uses client-centered therapy to create a supportive space where clients' perspectives guide the work; this approach focuses on empathy, active listening, and helping people discover their own solutions, and it can be helpful for building self-esteem, navigating relationship concerns, and clarifying life purpose.

She also employs cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which helps clients identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns; CBT is commonly used for anxiety, depression, stress management, and panic-related concerns. Motivational interviewing is another tool in her repertoire - a collaborative, goal-oriented method that strengthens a person’s own motivation to change and can be particularly useful for addressing ambivalence around habits, eating-related issues, and readiness for life transitions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Linda works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Licensed professionals and therapists will adapt techniques as the work unfolds so clients receive the most relevant support.

Online therapy with Linda offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place through video calls, by phone, via live chat, or through text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, manage caregiving or work responsibilities, and maintain continuity of care across life changes.