How Linda works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Oregon
- Years in practice
- 26
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Linda
Linda McNellis is a licensed clinical social worker with 26 years helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, grief, and life changes. She speaks plainly and meets people where they are. Her focus is on practical steps that make everyday life easier to handle.
Clients can expect a warm, listening presence that asks clear questions and offers simple tools. Sessions often include learning new ways to cope with strong emotions, improving sleep, and rebuilding self-esteem.
Background and approach
Linda pays attention to how relationships and life roles affect day-to-day functioning. Her work draws on a mix of approaches so she can match methods to the problem at hand. That might mean focusing on behavior and thought patterns one week, and on values and acceptance the next.
The goal is to create small, steady changes people can use right away. Linda has extensive experience helping people facing trauma, caregiving stress, chronic health concerns, and career strain. She also supports those dealing with attachment wounds, abandonment, and intimacy issues.
Her Oregon practice reflects long experience with a wide range of emotional challenges. Sessions are conversational and practical. Linda helps people set realistic goals, practice coping skills between visits, and notice progress over time.
She aims to be a steady partner while clients build new habits and greater emotional balance.
What Linda works with
Everything Linda lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Linda's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Linda lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approach-driven care available online
Linda commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values while letting difficult feelings coexist. ACT can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT often focuses on practical exercises that reduce symptoms like worry, sleep problems, and low mood. When relationship patterns or early attachment wounds are central, Attachment-Based Therapy may be used to understand how past relationships affect current reactions and intimacy issues.
Finding the right mix of methods is a collaborative process. Linda will work with each person to match approaches to their goals, needs, and preferences and adjust over time as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for deeper conversation and visual cues. Phone can be a good option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text is helpful for brief check-ins, skill practice, and people who prefer typing. These options create flexibility for scheduling and fitting therapy into a busy life.
Questions people ask about Linda
What kinds of concerns does Linda help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, sleep problems, self-esteem, career strain, relationship and intimacy-related issues, ADHD, and many related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is practical and conversational. She blends approaches to teach coping skills, challenge unhelpful thinking, and help clients connect with personal values.
How much experience does she have?
Linda brings 26 years of clinical experience supporting people through life transitions, trauma recovery, caregiver stress, and chronic health challenges.
What credentials and location should I know about?
She is an LCSW - licensed clinical social worker - practicing in Oregon.
Which languages are used in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Linda meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and scheduling work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.