Linda Griffin

Linda Griffin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 39 years of experience. She began her career as a teacher at the secondary and post-secondary levels, and that classroom background shaped how she helps people learn skills for life. She believes personal growth is possible at any stage and focuses on building self-efficacy in sessions.

Her training includes a Master of Arts in Counseling and an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership, and she has held roles such as director of Counseling Services and Dean of Student Development. Those leadership experiences inform how she organizes goals and interventions with clients. She often uses the tandem bicycle metaphor of self-authorship, where the client steers and the counselor offers support and guidance.

Linda commonly uses client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral ideas, and motivational interviewing in her work. She adapts techniques to each person and emphasizes helping clients name their concerns, set clear goals, and try practical strategies. Typical topics she addresses include stress, anxiety, depression, career questions, eating and food-related issues, and relationship challenges.

She also supports people facing grief, trauma and abuse, issues around sexual orientation and gender identity, self-esteem struggles, and midlife or life-purpose concerns. Additional focuses include caregiver stress, blended family issues, communication problems, and multicultural concerns.

Sessions aim to be collaborative and teachable. Linda listens, offers information and encouragement, and helps people develop skills to manage problems and move toward the goals they choose.

How these approaches shape online sessions

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person. The therapist follows the client’s lead, offers empathy, and helps people clarify what matters to them. This approach fits issues like self-esteem, life purpose, and relationship concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches concrete steps to change them. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress by practicing skills and testing new habits between meetings.

Motivational Interviewing is a short, goal-focused style that helps people clarify what motivates them and build readiness for change. It can be useful when someone feels stuck about career moves, lifestyle changes, or health and eating-related goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Sessions can mix styles so work stays practical and relevant to daily life.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and make it simpler to keep appointments during work breaks or caregiving responsibilities.